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See also: dêixis

deixis ‎(plural deixes)

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

Examples
I am talking to you. - (person deixis) That was then, this is now. - (temporal deixis) Bring it from here to there. - (locative deixis)

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

reference relying on context

deixis