What is a demonstrative?

Definition
	A demonstrative is a determiner that is used deictically to indicate a referent's spatial, temporal, or discourse location.
	A demonstrative functions as
	a modifier of a noun, or a pronoun.

Examples (English)
	These Those This That

Generic
	A demonstrative is a kind of
	What is a determiner?

Sources
	Hartmann and Stork 1972 61
	Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985 372
	Mish 1991 338

Context for this page:

Concept module: demonstrative
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): D
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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