DEMONSTRATIVE

Demonstrative

In linguistics, demonstratives are often deictic words that indicate which entities the speaker refers to and distinguishes those entities from others. Demonstratives are employed for spatial deixis, but also in intra-discourse reference - so called "discourse deixis" or

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demonstrative

Noun

  1. A demonstrative adjective.
  2. A demonstrative pronoun.

Adjective

  1. that serves to demonstrate, show or prove
  2. given to open displays of emotion
  3. that specifies the thing or person referred to


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