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Book: Empirical Perspectives on the Use of Hungarian Nominal Demonstratives

Chapter: Demonstratives - Meaning and Use

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.45176

Blurb:

Chapter 1 presents the problems demonstratives pose for semantic analysis, then offers an overview of demonstratives from a cross-linguistic perspective. By taking a taxonomic approach, the diverse pragmatic functions and their complex relations are also discussed. Finally, a preliminary description of the relevant Hungarian data is provided.

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