Reference > American Heritage® > Dictionary
  deity déjà vu  
CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
deixis
 
SYLLABICATION:deix·is
PRONUNCIATION:  dkss
NOUN: The function of a deictic word in specifying its referent in a given context.
ETYMOLOGY:Greek, display, demonstrative reference, from deiknunai, to show. See deik- in Appendix I.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  deity déjà vu  
 
Google
Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.
Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com