Glossary of terms used on this site
Term | Definition |
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Definite article | The determiner 'the', referring to a specific example of a type — The war on crime. |
Deictic centre | The position from which terms to do with space, time and identity are understood — a person who is talking from atop a chair will refer to this chair, while someone talking to them from a distance away will refer to that chair. |
Deictic term | A word that represents something to do with space, time or identity — Here; There; Now; Then; Me; Them. |
Deixis | Terms that represent space, time and identity relations in language — deictic terms. |
Determiner | A word which determines how a noun should be interpreted — The war in Syria; Five captured criminals; Some reasons for going to war. |