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Demonstrative

Demonstratives (abbreviated .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}dem) are words, such as this and that, used to indicate which entities are being referred to and to distinguish these entities from others. They are typically deictic, their meaning depending on a particular frame of…

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Art, Contrasts in demonstrative systems & Demonstrative series in other languages

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Contrasts in demonstrative systems

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Demonstrative series in other languages

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Demonstrative determiners and pronouns

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Demonstrative adverbs

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Contrasts in demonstrative systems

Demonstrative series in other languages

Demonstrative determiners and pronouns

Demonstrative adverbs

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Demonstrative

Nodes91
Edges90
Triples61
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021978
Components1

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Demonstrative

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related to Distal and proximal demonstratives · 23
Demonstrative → Armenian, Basque, Bengali, English, Finnish, Georgian, Hawaiian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Macedonian, Many, Nandi, Other, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, So, Spanish, Sri Lankan Tamil
related to Non-distal contrasts · 11
Demonstrative → Akhvakh, Aleut, European, Kiranti, Malagasy, Many, Seri, Sino-Tibetan, The, The Eskimo, This
related to Demonstrative series in other languages · 8
Demonstrative → French, Latin, Portuguese, Romance, Romanian, Spanish, The, With
related to Discourse deixis · 6
Demonstrative → As, Each, For, In, In English, These
related to External links · 4
Demonstrative → Demonstratives, Indexicals, Internet Encyclopedia, Philosophy
related to Demonstrative adverbs · 3
Demonstrative → For, Many, See
related to Demonstrative determiners and pronouns · 1
Demonstrative → It

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demonstratives pronouns languages also english distinction distal proximal pronoun used yonder use speaker example spanish deixis spatial yon something adverbs

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Shanghaineseinstance ofIn lects0.80text
distance-based demonstratives existinstance ofIn lects0.80text
but are only used constrastivelyinstance ofIn lects0.80text
a demonstrative pronoun has become archaic outside of certain fossilized expressionsinstance ofthe use of0.80text
theninstance ofcorresponding to the demonstrative pronoun that are the adverbs0.80text
Demonstrativerelated to Demonstrative adverbsMany0.60section
Demonstrativerelated to Demonstrative adverbsFor0.60section
Demonstrativerelated to Demonstrative adverbsSee0.60section
Demonstrativerelated to Demonstrative determiners and pronounsIt0.60section
Demonstrativerelated to Demonstrative series in other languagesLatin0.60section
Demonstrativerelated to Demonstrative series in other languagesThe0.60section
Demonstrativerelated to Demonstrative series in other languagesRomance0.60section

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