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).

As nouns the difference between inference and deixis

is that inference is inference while deixis is (reference requiring context to be understood).

As nouns the difference between deixis and indexical

is that deixis is (reference requiring context to be understood) while indexical is (linguistics|philosophy) an statement.

As an adjective indexical is

of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.

As a noun deixis

is (reference requiring context to be understood).

As nouns the difference between deictics and deixis

is that deictics is plural of lang=en while deixis is a reference within a sentence that relies on the context being known to interpret correctly.

As a verb deixes

is .

As a noun deixis is

(reference requiring context to be understood).

As nouns the difference between deixis and coreference

is that deixis is a reference within a sentence that relies on the context being known to interpret correctly while coreference is the relationship between multiple terms that have a common referent.

Deixis is a see also of anaphor.

As nouns the difference between deixis and anaphor

is that deixis is (reference requiring context to be understood) while anaphor is (linguistics) an expression referring to another expression in stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.