All languages have demonstratives, but their form, meaning and use vary tremendously across the languages of the world. This book presents the first large-scale

Demonstratives and Grammaticalization offers an in-depth analysis of the demonstrative system in Turkish. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis de

The volume contains a selection of papers originally presented at the symposium on “Areal patterns of grammaticalization and cross-linguistic variation in gra

This book concerns one of the paradigm examples of grammaticalization, the development of a definite article from a demonstrative determiner. Although standard

The definitive guide to demonstratives, which play a key role in language acquisition and use.