| 单词 | demonstrative root |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdemonstrative root demonstrative root n. Grammar a linguistic root (root n.1 16a) with the function of a demonstrative. ΚΠ 1836 Q. Rev. Sept. 57/1 The Greek τι, from the demonstrative root TA, and Latin que, from the relative KA, are apparently of parallel import. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind iv. 61 The demonstrative roots, a small class of independent radicals. 1914 Amer. Jrnl. Semitic Langs. & Lit. 31 6 All undoubted Semitic relatives (originally demonstratives) are traceable to the two demonstrative roots ta and da. 2004 D. S. Bhat Pronouns (2007) i. iii. 77 Nunggubuyu..has four different demonstrative roots, ya:- ‘proximate’, da- ‘immediate’, yuwa:- ‘distant’, and ba- ‘anaphoric’ that can..form demonstrative pronouns. < as lemmas |
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