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Demonstratives

Index of SIL publications on Demonstratives listed by country.

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General works

• Heins, Barbara. 2003. "Observações preliminares sobre os demonstrativos na língua Sena."
• Mead, David. 2001. Review of: Demonstratives: form, function and grammaticalization, by Holger Diessel.
• Turnbull, Bruce F. 1986. "An analysis of the uses of the demonstrative pronoun in Paul’s letter to the Romans."

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Cameroon

• Pohlig, James N. and Stephen H. Levinsohn. 1994. "Demonstrative adjectives in Mofu-Gudur folktales."

Kenya

• Nicolle, Steve. 2007. "Metarepresentational demonstratives in Digo."

Mozambique

• Floor, Sebastian. 1999. "Confirmative demonstratives."
• Floor, Sebastian. 2003. "Demonstrativos confirmativos."
• Heins, Barbara. 1999. "Preliminary observations on the Sena demonstrative system."

Sudan

• Persson, Janet. 1984. "Some notes on Jur Mödö demonstratives."

Tanzania

• Nicolle, Steve. 2007. "Metarepresentational demonstratives in Digo."

Americas

Brazil

• Griffiths, Glyndwr. 1975. "Numerals and demonstratives in Kadiwéu."

United States

• Wonderly, William L., Lorna F. Gibson, and Paul L. Kirk. 1954. "Number in Kiowa: Nouns, demonstratives, and adjectives."

Asia

China

• Ratliff, Martha. 1997. "Hmong-Mien demonstratives and pattern persistence."  

Laos

• Ratliff, Martha. 1997. "Hmong-Mien demonstratives and pattern persistence."  

Philippines

• Blakely, John. 2001. "Functions of demonstratives in Sama Bangingiʼ expository discourse."
• Hohulin, Richard M. and Austin Hale. 1977. "Physical, temporal and cognitive location in Keley-i demonstratives."  
• Jensen, Kristine and Rodolfo R. Barlaan. 1992. "A preliminary study of demonstratives in Aklanon narratives."
• Pebley, Carol Jean. 1999. "Kagayanen enclitic demonstratives ’i’, ’an’, and ’ya’."

Thailand

• Ratliff, Martha. 1997. "Hmong-Mien demonstratives and pattern persistence."  

Viet Nam

• Nguyễn Phú Phong. 1992. "Vietnamese demonstratives revisited."  
• Ratliff, Martha. 1997. "Hmong-Mien demonstratives and pattern persistence."  

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

• Farr, Cynthia J. and Carl R. Whitehead. 1981. "This, that, and the other: a study of Korafe demonstratives."
• Hemmilä, Ritva. 1989. "The demonstrative pronouns ‘pa’ and ‘ti’ in Urim discourse."