单词 | demonstrative determiner |
释义 | > as lemmasdemonstrative determiner demonstrative determiner n. Grammar a determiner used to indicate its referent's location (spatially, temporally, or abstractly) in relation to the discourse context (as, in English, this, that, these, those, in, for example, I like that hat, Who are those people?); cf. demonstrative adjective n. ΚΠ 1962 T. H. Mueller & E. Mayer Struct. of French 89 (heading) Demonstrative determiner (this child, that lady, those children, these ladies). 1984 D. J. Young Introd. Eng. Gram. Gloss. 92/1 The words this, that, these and those are demonstrative determiners; they identify the referent by means of referring to its proximity to, or remoteness from, the speaker. 2009 N. J. Enfield Anat. of Meaning ii. 31 All languages have at least one demonstrative determiner. < as lemmas |
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