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What are demonstratives used for?
What are demonstratives used for?
- To provide general context without specifying entities
- To emphasize the speaker's point of view
- To indicate which entities are being referred to and distinguish them from others (correct)
- To confuse the listener with ambiguous references
What is the meaning of demonstratives dependent on?
What is the meaning of demonstratives dependent on?
- The grammatical structure of the sentence
- A particular frame of reference (correct)
- The speaker's mood
- The listener's understanding
In English, what do 'this' and 'that' represent in terms of distance from the speaker?
In English, what do 'this' and 'that' represent in terms of distance from the speaker?
- Large and small objects respectively
- Visible and invisible objects respectively
- Proximal and distal objects respectively (correct)
- Past and present objects respectively
What is an example of demonstrative adjectives in a sentence?
What is an example of demonstrative adjectives in a sentence?
What do demonstratives include in English as substitutes for pronouns?
What do demonstratives include in English as substitutes for pronouns?
Many languages, such as English and Chinese, make a two-way distinction between demonstratives. Typically, one set of demonstratives is proximal, indicating objects close to the speaker (English this), and the other series is distal, indicating objects further removed from the speaker (English ______)
Many languages, such as English and Chinese, make a two-way distinction between demonstratives. Typically, one set of demonstratives is proximal, indicating objects close to the speaker (English this), and the other series is distal, indicating objects further removed from the speaker (English ______)
An example is whether something is currently being said or was said earlier. Demonstrative constructions include demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative determiners, which qualify nouns (as in Put ______ coat on) and demonstrative pronouns, which stand independently (as in Put ______ on)
An example is whether something is currently being said or was said earlier. Demonstrative constructions include demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative determiners, which qualify nouns (as in Put ______ coat on) and demonstrative pronouns, which stand independently (as in Put ______ on)
Demonstratives are often used in spatial deixis (where the speaker or sometimes the listener is to provide context), but also in intra-discourse reference (including abstract concepts) or anaphora, where the meaning is dependent on something other than the relative physical location of the speaker. An example is whether something is currently being said or was said earlier. Demonstrative constructions include demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative determiners, which qualify nouns (as in Put ______ coat on) and demonstrative pronouns, which stand independently (as in Put ______ on)
Demonstratives are often used in spatial deixis (where the speaker or sometimes the listener is to provide context), but also in intra-discourse reference (including abstract concepts) or anaphora, where the meaning is dependent on something other than the relative physical location of the speaker. An example is whether something is currently being said or was said earlier. Demonstrative constructions include demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative determiners, which qualify nouns (as in Put ______ coat on) and demonstrative pronouns, which stand independently (as in Put ______ on)
The demonstratives in English are this, ______, these, those, and the archaic yon and yonder, along with this one or ______ one as substitutes for the pronoun use of this or ______
The demonstratives in English are this, ______, these, those, and the archaic yon and yonder, along with this one or ______ one as substitutes for the pronoun use of this or ______
Many languages, such as English and Chinese, make a two-way distinction between demonstratives. Typically, one set of demonstratives is proximal, indicating objects close to the speaker (English ______), and the other series is distal, indicating objects further removed from the speaker
Many languages, such as English and Chinese, make a two-way distinction between demonstratives. Typically, one set of demonstratives is proximal, indicating objects close to the speaker (English ______), and the other series is distal, indicating objects further removed from the speaker
