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  1. noun The function of a deictic word in specifying its referent in a given context.

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  • This question is closely related to that of the temporal deixis of —  PhilGons.com
  • _d_basic-categories _d_common-coding _d_conversational-strategy _d_coordinating-knowledge deception decision-making decision-rules deep-concepts deep-language deixis desire development dialogic-representation dialogue _d_informational-constraints discourse distance-metrics distributed-cognition _d_joint-attention _d_knowledge-constraints _d_language-independence _d_methodological _d_other-modeling downward-causation dream _d_simulation-evidence _d_situational-constraints _d_socio-informational-constraints dual-systems dynamical-hypothesis dynamics ecological_psychology economic embodiment emergence emotion empirical epistemology essay evidence-via-absense evolution experimental-games expert-novice extended-mind fashion feedback folk-mathematics folk-physiscs folk-psychology folksonomy food forgotten formalization fuzzy-logic-and-sets game-theory geometrical-models gestalt-categories gesture goal-directed google-distance gossip grammar graphics grounding group-dynamics heuristics homophily imagination imitation induction information-cascades information-processing information-theory infra-human innovation-diffusion intention interactive-alignment interpersonal-influence intersubjectivity joint-action joint-attention joint-intention knowledge-propagation language language-comprehension language-games language-learning language-production law learnability learning lsa mass-market mathematical-psychology meaning measurement media-theory memory mental-models meta-analysis methodology modularity-of-mind motor-coordination multilevel-selection multi-party music mutual-information narrative nativism networks network-theory noise nonrepresentation norms numeracy organizational-learning page-rank participatory-simulation pedagogical perception perception-behavior percolation perspective-taking philosophical phonology phylogenetic-rebuttal physiology-of-mind poetry possible-worlds pragmatics preference primate-cognition prisonners-dilemma probabilistic-catagories probability problem-solving promotion-prevention psychology psychometric quartet-tree reasoning reciprocity reclassify reference_perception remote reread resource-conflict review robots rpg salience satisficing-games scaling search search-behavior self-organization semantics semiotic-dynamics semiotics sender-receiver-games sequence-analysis shareability shared-attention shared-lexicon shared-ontology similarity simulation-evidence simulation-theory situated-embodied-cognition situational-constraints small-world social-capital social-cognition social-comparison social-dilemma social-distance social-ecology social-facilitation social-foraging social-interaction social-learning socially-mediated-epistemology social-networks social-norms social-ontology social-psychology social-software social-utility sociobiology socio-informational-constraints spatial-cognition spatial-models statistical-learning stereotype stigmergy superorganism supervenience symbiosis symbolic-interactionism symbolic-play syntax textbook theoretical theory-of-mind thought-experiment threshold-models triadic-closure trust uncertainty usage-based utility verbs CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • _d_basic-categories _d_common-coding _d_conversational-strategy _d_coordinating-knowledge deception decision-making decision-rules deep-concepts deep-language deixis desire development dialogic-representation dialogue discourse distance-metrics distributed-cognition _d_joint-attention _d_knowledge-constraints _d_language-independence _d_methodological _d_other-modeling downward-causation dream _d_simulation-evidence _d_situational-constraints _d_socio-informational-constraints dual-systems dynamical-hypothesis dynamics ecological_psychology economic embodiment emergence emotion empirical epistemology essay evidence-via-absense evolution experimental-games expert-novice extended-mind fashion feedback folk-mathematics folk-physiscs folk-psychology folksonomy food forgetting forgotten formalization fuzzy-logic-and-sets game-theory geometrical-models gestalt-categories gesture goal-directed google-distance gossip grammar graphics grounding group-dynamics heuristics homophily imagination imitation induction informational-constraints information-cascades information-processing information-theory infra-human innovation-diffusion intention interactive-alignment interpersonal-influence intersubjectivity joint-action joint-attention joint-intention knowledge-propagation language language-comprehension language-games language-learning language-production law learnability learning linguistic-relativity lsa mass-market mathematical-psychology meaning measurement media-theory memory mental-models meta-analysis methodological methodology modularity-of-mind motor-coordination multilevel-selection multi-party music mutual-information narrative nativism networks network-theory noise nonrepresentation norms numeracy organizational-learning page-rank participatory-simulation pedagogical perception perception-behavior percolation perspective-taking philosophical phonology phylogenetic-rebuttal physiology-of-mind poetry possible-worlds pragmatics preference primate-cognition prisonners-dilemma private-language probabilistic-catagories probability problem-solving promotion-prevention psychology psychometric quartet-tree reasoning reciprocity reclassify reference_perception remote reread resource-conflict review robots rpg salience satisficing-games scaling search search-behavior self-organization semantics semiotic-dynamics semiotics sender-receiver-games sequence-analysis shareability shared-attention shared-lexicon shared-ontology similarity simulation-evidence simulation-theory situated-embodied-cognition situational-constraints small-world social-capital social-cognition social-comparison social-dilemma social-distance social-ecology social-facilitation social-foraging social-interaction social-learning socially-mediated-epistemology social-networks social-norms social-ontology social-psychology social-software social-utility sociobiology socio-informational-constraints spatial-cognition spatial-models statistical-learning stereotype stigmergy superorganism supervenience symbiosis symbolic-interactionism symbolic-play syntax textbook theoretical theory-of-mind thought-experiment threshold-models triadic-closure trust uncertainty usage-based utility verbs CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • _d_alignment-instantiation _d_basic-cateegories _d_basic-categories _d_cognitive-biases _d_common-coding _d_conversational-dynamics _d_conversational-strategy _d_coordinating-knowledge _d_deep-concepts _d_deep-language deception decision-making deixis desire development dialogic-representation dialogue _d_informational-constraints discourse distance-metrics distributed-cognition _d_joint-attention _d_knowledge-constraints _d_language-independence _d_methodological _d_other-modeling downward-causation _d_phylogenetic-rebuttal _d_simulation-evidence _d_situational-constraints _d_socio-informational-constraints dynamical-hypothesis dynamics embodiment emergence empirical epistemology evidence-via-absense evolution experimental-games expert-novice extended-mind feedback folk-mathematics folk-physiscs folksonomy forgotten formalization fuzzy-logic-and-sets game-theory geometrical-models gesture goal-directed google-distance gossip grammar grounding group-dynamics heuristics imitation induction information-cascades information-processing information-theory infra-human innovation-diffusion intention interactive-alignment interpersonal-influence intersubjectivity joint-action joint-attention joint-intention knowledge-propagation language language-comprehension language-games language-learning law learning lsa mass-market mathematical-psychology meaning measurement media-theory memory mental-models meta-analysis methodology modularity-of-mind motor-coordination multilevel-selection multi-party music mutual-information narrative nativism networks network-theory noise nonrepresentation norms numeracy organizational-learning page-rank participatory-simulation pedagogical perception perception-behavior percolation perspective-taking philosophical phonology physiology-of-mind poetry possible-worlds pragmatics primate-cognition prisonners-dilemma probability problem-solving promotion-prevention psychology psychometric quartet-tree reasoning reciprocity reclassify reference_perception reread review robots rpg salience satisficing-games scaling search search-behavior self-organization semantics semiotics sender-receiver-games sequence-analysis shareability shared-attention shared-lexicon shared-ontology similarity simulation-theory situated-embodied-cognition small-world social-capital social-cognition social-comparison social-dilemma social-distance social-ecology social-facilitation social-foraging social-interaction social-learning socially-mediated-epistemology social-networks social-norms social-ontology social-psychology social-software social-utility sociobiology spatial-cognition spatial-models statistical-learning stigmergy supervenience symbiosis symbolic-interactionism symbolic-play syntax textbook theoretical theory-of-mind thought-experiment threshold-models trust uncertainty usage-based utility verbs CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • _d_alignment-instantiation _d_basic-cateegories _d_basic-categories _d_cognitive-biases _d_common-coding _d_conversational-dynamics _d_conversational-strategy _d_coordinating-knowledge _d_deep-concepts _d_deep-language deception decision-making deixis desire development dialogic-representation dialogue _d_informational-constraints discourse distance-metrics distributed-cognition _d_joint-attention _d_knowledge-constraints _d_language-independence _d_methodological _d_other-modeling downward-causation _d_phylogenetic-rebuttal _d_simulation-evidence _d_situational-constraints _d_socio-informational-constraints dynamical-hypothesis dynamics embodiment emergence empirical epistemology evidence-via-absense evolution experimental-games expert-novice extended-mind fashion feedback folk-mathematics folk-physiscs folksonomy forgotten formalization fuzzy-logic-and-sets game-theory geometrical-models gesture goal-directed google-distance gossip grammar grounding group-dynamics heuristics imitation induction information-cascades information-processing information-theory infra-human innovation-diffusion intention interactive-alignment interpersonal-influence intersubjectivity joint-action joint-attention joint-intention knowledge-propagation language language-comprehension language-games language-learning law learning lsa mass-market mathematical-psychology meaning measurement media-theory memory mental-models meta-analysis methodology modularity-of-mind motor-coordination multilevel-selection multi-party music mutual-information narrative nativism networks network-theory noise nonrepresentation norms numeracy organizational-learning page-rank participatory-simulation pedagogical perception perception-behavior percolation perspective-taking philosophical phonology physiology-of-mind poetry possible-worlds pragmatics preference primate-cognition prisonners-dilemma probability problem-solving promotion-prevention psychology psychometric quartet-tree reasoning reciprocity reclassify reference_perception reread resource-conflict review robots rpg salience satisficing-games scaling search search-behavior self-organization semantics semiotics sender-receiver-games sequence-analysis shareability shared-attention shared-lexicon shared-ontology similarity simulation-theory situated-embodied-cognition small-world social-capital social-cognition social-comparison social-dilemma social-distance social-ecology social-facilitation social-foraging social-interaction social-learning socially-mediated-epistemology social-networks social-norms social-ontology social-psychology social-software social-utility sociobiology spatial-cognition spatial-models statistical-learning stigmergy supervenience symbiosis symbolic-interactionism symbolic-play syntax textbook theoretical theory-of-mind thought-experiment threshold-models trust uncertainty usage-based utility verbs CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. Greek, display, demonstrative reference, from deiknunai, to show; see deik- in Indo-European roots.
 

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