Demonstratives : form, function, and grammaticalization.

All languages have demonstratives, but their form, meaning and use vary tremendously across the languages of the world. This book presents the first large-scale analysis of demonstratives from a cross-linguistic and diachronic perspective. It is based on a representative sample of 85 languages. The...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Diessel, Holger
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands : John Benjamins, 1999.
Series:	Typological studies in language : v. 42.
Subjects:	Grammar, Comparative and general > Demonstratives. Morphology. Semantics. Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax. Pragmatics.