Re: Deictics was Re: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

On 8 Sep 02, at 9:36, Thomas R. Wier wrote:

> Quoting Joe <joe@...>:
>
> > From: "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
> > > Right, I agree more or less with that statement. But even
> > > if Scots were a dialect, there would be other dialects
> > > that have just three.  A number of American dialects still
> > > use _yonder_.
> >
> > As an adjective usually, isn't it?  'Yonder castle' is not usual,
> > you'd use 'that castle yonder'
>
> Yes, that's possible.  I don't speak one of these dialects and
> haven't read much on it, so I can't really say much about
> frequency.
I believe a pronominal form is "yon" as in "yon castle", but that's not
in my dialect, either.

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>

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