Re: This and That (was: Re: Adjectives, Particles, and This...)

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, J Matthew Pearson wrote:

> Malagasy has a fourteen-way distinction, based on distance from speaker,
> contrast, and visibility.  Although four of the demonstratives are not
much > used, the remaining ten are widely attested.  It's not completely
clear how > these demonstratives are used (speaker judgements vary, and
are not easy to > evaluate), but here's an approximate characterization,
based on some work done > by a grad student colleague of mine: > I must
[snip]

confess I'm not sure what _aty_ (touching speaker but invisible) and >
_ery_ (extremely far away but visible) would be used for.  Perhaps _aty_
is used > for internal organs, while _ery_ is used for stars?  :-) > >

I was thinking you could use _aty_ for something in your pocket that
isn't sticking out.  =^)  Thanks for sharing!

YHL