Demonstrative Word
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A Demonstrative Word is a Deictic Word that … that indicate which entities a speaker refers to
- AKA: Demonstrative.
- Context:
- It can be:
- It can be a part of a Demonstrative Phrase.
- …
- Example(s):
- A Demonstrative Pronoun, such as: this, that, these, those, and such.
- See Entity Mention.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstrative Retrieved:2017-6-18.
- Demonstratives (abbreviated DEM) are words like this and that, used to indicate which entities are being referred to and to distinguish those entities from others. They are typically deictic, their meaning depending on a particular frame of its reference. Demonstratives are often used in spatial deixis (using the context of the physical surroundings of the speaker and sometimes the listener), but also in intra-discourse reference - so called “discourse deixis" (including abstract concepts) or
anaphora, where the meaning is dependent on something other than the relative physical location of the speaker, for example whether something is currently being said or was said earlier.
Demonstrative constructions include demonstrative adjectives or demonstrative determiners, which qualify nouns (as in Put that coat on); and demonstrative pronouns, which stand independently (as in Put that on). The demonstratives in English are this, that, these, those, and the archaic yon and yonder, along with this one or that one as substitutes for the pronoun use of this or that.
- Demonstratives (abbreviated DEM) are words like this and that, used to indicate which entities are being referred to and to distinguish those entities from others. They are typically deictic, their meaning depending on a particular frame of its reference. Demonstratives are often used in spatial deixis (using the context of the physical surroundings of the speaker and sometimes the listener), but also in intra-discourse reference - so called “discourse deixis" (including abstract concepts) or
2009
- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demonstrative_adjective
- an adjective that points out which person, object or concept is being referred to; whether it is singular or plural, and whether it is near or far from the speaker or writer
- NOTES: In the English language they are the same as the demonstrative pronouns - this, that, these and those
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=demonstrative
- Noun
- S: (n) demonstrative pronoun, demonstrative (a pronoun that points out an intended referent)
- Adjective
- S: (adj) demonstrative (given to or marked by the open expression of emotion) "an affectionate and demonstrative family"
- S: (adj) demonstrative, illustrative (serving to demonstrate)
- Noun