Melanesian Demonstratives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2765696 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W G Ivens (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1937 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 385-405 |
| Publication date | 1937-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00076965 |
| OpenAlex | W4247992532 |
| Language | EN |
In his various grammars in Melanesian Languages Codrington places the Melanesian demonstratives under " Pronouns "; as also does Ray in Melanesian Island Languages. To class them asdemonstrative pronouns is the nearest approximation to a correct statement of their nature and use. In general they answer to theEnglish "this", "that", "here", "there"; but, as Codringtonsays, the Melanesian demonstratives are in use also as articles andadverbs, and are to be found embedded in the personal pronouns
Class (philosophy) · Demonstrative · Linguistics · Personal pronoun · Rule-based machine translation · Statement (logic) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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