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English to English adjective
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relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use |  | Example: deictic pronouns
source: wordnet30
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Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative. | | source: webster1913 noun
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a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs | | Example: words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message
source: wordnet30
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