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demonstrative pronoun
demonstrative pronoun n. (also †pronoun demonstrative) Grammar a pronoun 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, that is my hat); (formerly also more generally) †a pronoun or other word used to indicate the person or thing referred to (as, for example, a personal pronoun or a determiner) (obsolete). [After post-classical Latin pronomen demonstrativum (from 4th cent. in grammarians); compare Anglo-Norman pronoun demonstratif, Middle French, French pronom démonstratif (a1339 or earlier), Spanish †pronomen demostrativo (second half of the 15th cent.), pronombre demostrativo (1492).]
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relativec1400
demonstrative pronounc1525
question word1878
object pronoun1885
pronoun object1889
common-sex pronoun1922
non-personal1925
c1525 T. Linacre Rudimenta Grammatices sig. c3 A pronowne demonstratiue is that, that sheweth a thynge, as ego, tu, hic, ille.
1564 A. Bacon tr. J. Jewel Apol. Churche Eng. sig. E.viv Some wil haue it that when Christ did speake those fiue woordes, the materiall wheaten bread was pointed by this demonstratiue Pronoune, hoc.
1638 D. Featley Transubstant. Exploded 177 The demonstrative pronounes doe not demonstrate that which is, but that which will be.
1713 W. Aylmer Recantation-serm. 14 The Demonstrative Pronoun This [in This is my body].
1835 J. Marcet Mary's Gram. ii. ix. 250 When we use the demonstrative pronoun, it seems as if we were pointing our finger to show the things we were speaking of.
1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. ii. vi. 225 The Demonstrative Pronouns are, 1. He, she, it. 2. This, that. 3. The Article the.
1961 Times 27 Feb. 13/4 His answer [sc. ‘This is self-evident, this must be’]..is fair evidence of the popularity which this indispensable but otherwise undistinguished little demonstrative pronoun is enjoying.
2009 W. L. Belcher Writing your Jrnl. Article in Twelve Weeks 245 Search for this and these and those. These demonstrative pronouns often appear alone, leaving their meaning unclear.
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