Demonstratives

From UNLwiki
Revision as of 14:38, 4 December 2009 by imported>Admin
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigationJump to search

To be represented by attributes, if determiners, or by UWs, if pronouns (independent demonstratives). In this latter case, they should be replaced by their antecedents, whenever possible.

Demonstrative Attributes

@proximal
near to the speaker
this book = book.@proximal (en)
ce livre-ci = livre.@proximal (fr)
esta manzana = manzana.@proximal (es)
@medial
near to the addressee
esa manzana = manzana.@medial (es)
@distal
far from the speaker (and from the addressee)
that book = book.@distal (en)
ce livre-là = livre.@distal (fr)
aquella manzana = manzana.@distal (es)

Demonstrative UWs

To be avoided.

100000001
used to refer to the person, thing or event present, nearby, just mentioned or about to be said.
this, these (en);
ceci, celui-ci, celle-ci, ceux-ci, celles-ci (fr);
100000002
used to refer to the one designated, implied, mentioned, or understood: What kind of soup is that?
that, those (en);
cela, celui-là, celle-là, ceux-là, celles-là (fr);