Used in linguistics to refer to a word or expression whose meaning depends on context.
In the sentence "I’ll do it tomorrow," both "I" and "tomorrow" are deictics.
Dans la phrase « Je le ferai demain », « je » et « demain » sont des déictiques.
Синонимы
deixis-related expression
demonstrative pronoun
deictic term
deictic expression
indexical word
indexical expression