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Demonstratives and deixis constitute fundamental components of language, enabling speakers to refer to objects, people, and locations relative to the speaker’s perspective. At its core, deictic ...

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In a recent book, Jeffrey King (King 2001) argues that complex demonstratives, i.e., noun phrases of the form 'this/that F', are not singular terms. As such, they are not devices of direct reference ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In English demonstratives cannot co-occur with articles, so it is assumed that demonstratives should be treated as determiners (D). In some ...

Words like 'this' and 'that' or 'here' and 'there' occur in all languages. Researchers show that such 'demonstrative' words are used to direct listeners' focus of attention and to establish joint ...

Researchers have found that languages around the world have words for 'this' and 'that'. The 45-strong international team studied 29 languages from around the world including English, Spanish, ...