Re: (In)Definiteness

Hi!

Remi Villatel writes:
>...
> The concept that I've kept is the "proximators". I called them so because
> they indicate the proximity of the described object, as well in space
> (close/distant) as in time. Here, the past represents what you already know
> (anaphoric) and the future what you don't know yet (cataphoric).
>...
Nice!

Something like these proximators I introduced into both Tyl Sjok and
Qþyn|gài: with a demonstrative particle, you can add any content word
to a another content word as well as pronouns.  Since the determinator
modifiers are content words, e.g. Tyl Sjok is not restricted to
this/that/yonder, but you can also use pronoun stems to determine
where the object is located.  Otherwise, they work pretty much the
same.

E.g.:

   DET book          'this/that/yonder book'
   near DET book     'this book'
   far DET book      'that/yonder book'
   you DET book      'that book you hold/have with you'

As I said, it also works on pronouns:

   near DET he/she/it  'this one here'

You can also use 'old'/'new' + DET for referring to 'long
aforementioned' vs. 'just mentioned'.

Dunno about anadew.

**Henrik