The German Demonstratives A Study in the Columbia School Framework Lin Lin 9811385580 9789811385582

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• ISBN 10: 9811385580
• ISBN 13: 9789811385582
• Author: Lin Lin

This book explores, analyzes, and compares the use of German and Chinese demonstratives. Discourse and textual uses of the forms are considered, as well as their locative and temporal uses. The author observes that in both languages the demonstratives can be used to refer to referents. However, she departs from the common assumption that proximal demonstratives refer to entities or places close to the speaker, while non-proximal demonstratives refer to entities or places far from the speaker.  Having analyzed a representative sampling consisting of a German text and a Chinese text, the author argues that both German and Chinese proximal demonstratives can signal the meaning of HIGH DEIXIS in a system of DEIXIS in the Columbia School of linguistics framework, whereas their non-proximal demonstratives can signal the meaning of LOW DEIXIS. In addition, Chinese demonstratives can be used under more circumstances than German demonstratives due to the lackof articles in Chinese.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction

2. Demonstratives

3. The German Demonstratives

4. The Chinese Demonstratives

5. German and Chinese Demonstratives in Discourse

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