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What are demonstratives used for?
To indicate which entities are being referred to and distinguish them from others
What is the meaning of demonstratives dependent on?
A particular frame of reference
In English, what do 'this' and 'that' represent in terms of distance from the speaker?
Proximal and distal objects respectively
What is an example of demonstrative adjectives in a sentence?
'Put that coat on'
What do demonstratives include in English as substitutes for pronouns?
'This one' or 'that one'
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 ______)
that
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)
that
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)
that
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 ______
that
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
this
Test your knowledge of demonstratives and deictic expressions with this quiz. Explore the use of words like 'this' and 'that' in indicating entities and distinguishing them from others within specific frames of reference and contexts.
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