Glossary term D

Demonstrative

A demonstrative is a determiner that is used deictically to indicate a referent's spatial, temporal, or discourse location.

A demonstrative functions as:

  • a modifier of a noun, or
  • a pronoun.

(English)

  • These
  • Those
  • This
  • That
  1. Hartmann and Stork 1972, 61
  2. Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 372
  3. Mish 1991, 338
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