直ちょく示じ

noun

deixis

Linguistics term referring to words and phrases that cannot be fully understood without additional contextual information, such as 'here', 'you', or 'now'.

• 「これ」や「あそこ」は直ちょく示じ表ひょう現げんの例れいです。

  'This' and 'over there' are examples of deictic expressions.