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Re: Deictics was Re: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

From:Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>
Date:Sunday, September 8, 2002, 8:01
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. ========================================================================= Thomas Wier "I find it useful to meet my subjects personally, Dept. of Linguistics because our secret police don't get it right University of Chicago half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of 1010 E. 59th Street Abu Dhabi, to a French reporter. Chicago, IL 60637

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