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Referent vs Deixis - What's the difference?

referent | deixis |

As nouns the difference between referent and deixis

is that referent is referee (person who gives a reference) while deixis is (reference requiring context to be understood).

referent

English

(wikipedia referent)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.
  • That which is referenced.

    • Derived terms

    * absent referent

    Related terms

    * refer * reference

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    deixis

    English

    Noun

    (deixes)
  • (linguistics) A reference within a sentence that relies on the context being known to interpret correctly.
    • The use of pronouns relies on a deixis to correctly interpret them.

    Synonyms

    * indexicality

    Hypernyms

    * exophora

    Antonyms

    * (with regards to type of information needed to understand a reference ): homophora

    Related terms

    * deictic * deictically * deictical

    References

    * http://www.sil.org/linguistics/glossaryoflinguisticterms/WhatIsDeixis.htm

    Anagrams

    * ----