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Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language | 1998 | | © Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

DEMONSTRATIVE. A term used in association with pronouns and DETERMINERS as an adjective and a noun: a DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN; three demonstratives in one sentence. A demonstrative usage indicates relationships and locations, such as between this (near the speaker and perhaps the listener) and that (not near the speaker, perhaps near the listener, or not near either). See DEIXIS.

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