Category:demonstratives

Overview of three types of demonstratives

• adjectival demonstratives (also known as demonstrative adjectives)

  Proximal (nearby)

  This house is large.

  These houses are large.

  Distal (far away)

  That river is long.

  Those rivers are long.

• pronominal demonstratives (also known as demonstrative pronouns)

  Proximal

  This is a large house.

  These are large houses.

  Distal

  That is a long river.

  Those are long rivers.

• adverbial demonstratives (also known as demonstrative adverbs)

  Proximal

  A large house is located here.

  Large houses are located here.

  Distal:

  A long river is located there.

  Long rivers are located there.

see also:

• Wikipedia article on demonstratives
• Education First

Adjectival demonstratives

Pronominal demonstratives

Adverbial demonstratives

Number of times this entry has been verified against the sources, including at the time of creation: 2
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sources

• 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, pp. 224–5, 228–229
• 1995, Thom Hess and Vi [taqʷšəblu] Hilbert, Lushootseed: The language of the Skagit Nisqually, and other tribes of Puget Sound, an Introduction: Book I, Lushootseed Press, ch. 3, 4
• 1995, Thom Hess, Lushootseed Reader with Introductory Grammar. Vol. 1: Four Stories from Edward Sam, ISBN 9781879763111, University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics, no. 11, Missoula: University of Montana pp. 77–79