Re: Deictics was Re: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

Quoting Joe <joe@...>:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas R. Wier" <trwier@...>
> > Quoting Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>:
> >
> > > --- wayne chevrier <wachevrier@...> wrote:
> > > > Pablo David nevesht:
> > > >
> > > > >Japanese has three levels of deixis (this/ that/
> > > > >yonder) as you said, same as Spanish (este/ ese/
> > > > >aquel), where English has two.
> > >
> > > Funny that you say English has two; but write out
> > > three levels. ;)
> >
> > I think what he said was accurate for the standard language.
> > A number of nonstandard dialects, however retain <yonder> as
> > a third level of deixis.
>
> It depends on whether Scots is a dialect or a language.  The Ethnologue
> counts it as a seperate language...
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_.

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