A deictic expression or deixis is a word or phrase (such as this, that, these, those, now, then, here) that points to the time, place, or situation in which a speaker is speaking.Deixis is expressed in English by way of personal pronouns, demonstratives, adverbs, and tense.. The term's etymology comes from the Greek, meaning "pointing" or "show," and it's pronounced "DIKE-tik."
