An alternative or variant adjective form of deictic; relating to words that point to or indicate something in context.
Variant of deictic formed by adding -al suffix to create an alternative adjectival form, though 'deictic' alone is the standard modern term in linguistics.
This variant shows how English allows multiple forms, but linguists prefer 'deictic' because it's shorter—language evolution favors efficiency, so 'deictical' survives mainly in older philosophical texts.
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