Explore: Demonstratives

Standard Chinese, make a two-way distinction between demonstratives. Typically, one set of demonstratives is proximal, indicating objects close to the speaker

its reference. Examples in English include articles (the and a/an), demonstratives (this, that), possessive determiners (my, their), and quantifiers (many

substantive demonstratives, and jurors note this difference, jurors award damages regardless of the evidentiary status of demonstratives Examples of demonstrative

Eventually articles may evolve anew from demonstratives. Definite articles typically arise from demonstratives meaning that. For example, the definite

functionalists point out, however, these words function as personal references, demonstratives, and reflexives, just as pronouns do in other languages. Japanese has

verbal demonstratives and deictic adverbs below). Vaeakau-Taumako demonstratives have cognates in other Polynesian languages. These demonstratives are also

indexicals and demonstratives, which is outlined (in progressively greater detail) in a series of articles: "Dthat," "On The Logic of Demonstratives," "Demonstratives

the free dictionary. This may refer to: This, the singular proximal demonstrative pronoun This (Egypt), or Thinis, an ancient city in Upper Egypt This

locationals, postverbal or postnominal demonstratives, or directionals. These four classes that function as demonstratives are similar in form, but differ in

yields the superlative. Demonstratives agree with their referent in number and, if singular, in gender; medial demonstratives also agree with the addressee