What's the difference between deictic and deistic?

Deictic


Definition:

  • (a.) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He also comments on the deictic inabilities, inferring that the "I," "you," and "he" references do not have any significance for such children.
  • (2) When the viewpoint of the observer was an essential component of the task and the spatial term was omitted, both age groups selected a deictic location.
  • (3) However, when the viewpoint was emphasized but when the spatial term was also included the responses were split between deictic and nondeictic locations.
  • (4) It claims that each term has three types of meanings, basic, deictic and intrinsic, and that the definitions of each type of meaning are identical in form for all six terms.
  • (5) Production of the deictic verbs bring and take was evaluated among 88 normally functioning children (grades K-6).

Deistic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Deistical

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