Sunday, 29 December 2024

The Function Of Demonstrative Pronoun vs Demonstrative Adjective

 

That is, both demonstratives serve as Deictic, pronoun as Head, adjective as Modifier. It's as simple as that. See, for example, Halliday (1994: 313):


The inconsistent notion of demonstrative as Thing was introduced by Matthiessen in IFG3 and IFG4. For example, Halliday & Matthiessen (2004: 556; 2014: 629):


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