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Standard Chinese, make a two-way
distinction between demonstratives. Typically, one set of
demonstratives is proximal,
indicating objects close to the speaker...
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express its reference.
Examples in
English include articles (the and a),
demonstratives (this, that),
possessive determiners (my, their), and
quantifiers (many...
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substantive demonstratives, and
jurors note this difference,
jurors award damages regardless of the
evidentiary status of
demonstratives Examples of demonstrative...
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Eventually articles may
evolve anew from
demonstratives.
Definite articles typically arise from
demonstratives meaning that. For example, the definite...
- the free dictionary. This may
refer to: This, the
singular proximal demonstrative pronoun This (Egypt), or Thinis, an
ancient city in
Upper Egypt This...
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functionalists point out, however,
these words function as
personal references,
demonstratives, and reflexives, just as
pronouns do in
other languages. ****anese has...
- locationals,
postverbal or
postnominal demonstratives, or directionals.
These four
classes that
function as
demonstratives are
similar in form, but
differ in...
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indexicals and
demonstratives,
which is
outlined (in
progressively greater detail) in a
series of articles: "Dthat," "On The
Logic of
Demonstratives," "Demonstratives...
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anaphoric uses of
demonstratives (which have been
discussed above),
another core use of
demonstratives is for
phrase demarcation.
Demonstratives occur at the...
- may be
modified by
certain demonstratives that
follow the noun (see also
demonstrative section below).
These demonstratives include: này "this", nầy "this"...
