ダイクシス

noun

deixis

Linguistics term for words or expressions whose meaning depends on context, such as 'this', 'that', 'here', 'now', 'I', 'you'. The Japanese term 直示 is a synonym.

See also: 直示

• 「これ」や「あそこ」はダイクシスの例れいです。

  'This' and 'over there' are examples of deixis.