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The semantics of spatial demonstratives in Spanish: a Demonstrative Choice Task study
Language and Cognition, 2021 abstractDemonstratives (this/thatin English) are pivotal in communication. In this study, we show that semantic features of referents systematically influence speakers’ choices of demonstrative forms for Spanish nouns in the absence of a guiding context. We used the Demonstrative Choice Task (DCT), previously applied to two-term demonstrative languages
Emanuela Todisco +2 more
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Demonstratives in Nivkh: A Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis
Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2020 This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of the morphosyntactic, semantic and pragmatic features of Nivkh demonstratives, which represent a typologically interesting example of an exceptionally elaborated speaker-anchored deictic system.
Ekaterina Gruzdeva
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NeuroImage, 2020 Spatial demonstratives are powerful linguistic tools used to establish joint attention. Identifying the meaning of semantically underspecified expressions like “this one” hinges on the integration of linguistic and visual cues, attentional orienting and ...
Roberta Rocca +5 more
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Reference in the Borderline of Space and Discourse: a Free Production Experiment in Estonian, Finnish and Russian; pp. 185-208 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2019 This study explores spatial reference in three different languages: ÂEstonian, Finnish and Russian. We concentrate on the use of demonstratives (i.e. pronouns and adverbs), and the association between the demonstrative pronoun system (i.e.
Maria Reile +3 more
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Iconic bias in Italian spatial demonstratives
Australian Journal of Linguistics, 2022 202303 bcch ; Version of Record ; RGC ; Published ...
Ian Joo, Yu-Yin Hsu, Emmanuele Chersoni
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Spheres of interest: Space and social cognition in Phola deixis
Open Linguistics, 2023 After a period of space-centred description of demonstratives, recent research has highlighted the role of attention, psychological proximity and shared knowledge in determining deictic choice.
González Pérez Manuel David
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What does that Lugwere demonstrative refer to? A semantic analysis of proximity and exteriority
Studies in African Linguistics, 2019 The Bantu language Lugwere (Uganda, JE17) has what at first sight appears to be a typical three-way distinction in its demonstratives, with a proximal, medial, and distal series of demonstratives.
Dorothy Ahn, Jenneke van der Wal
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Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2022 Eesti keeles on kaks demonstratiivpronoomenite süsteemi: üheliikmeline, kus kasutatakse demonstratiivpronoomenit seedistantsneutraalselt, ja kaheliikmeline, kus see viitab kõneleja lähedal ning too kaugel olevale referendile.
Maria Reile +2 more
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The semantics of spatial demonstratives [PDF]
, 2020 Spatial demonstratives (words like this and that) are thought to primarily be used for carving up space into a peripersonal and extrapersonal domain. However, when given a noun out of context and asked to couple it with a demonstrative, speakers tend to use this for manipulable objects (small, harmless, inanimate), while non-manipulable objects (large,
Wallentin, Mikkel, Rocca, Roberta
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Pointing Out Directions in Murrinhpatha
Open Linguistics, 2016 Rather than using abstract directionals, speakers of the Australian Aboriginal language Murrinhpatha make reference to locations of interest using named landmarks, demonstratives and pointing.
Blythe Joe +3 more
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