Deferred reference across categories.

The literature on demonstratives mostly focuses on DPs (demonstrative pronouns and determiners), which denote in the entity domain. However, demonstratives can also belong to other categories and denote in the domains of manners (she acted like this/like that/thus), locations (she was here/there), d...

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Publicado en:Linguistics & Philosophy Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 265 - 300
Autor principal: Ruys, E. G.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2025
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