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For further criticisms surrounding the use of a demonstrative in the logical form of a quotation sentence, see Seymour (1994, pp. 16ff).
Leaving aside intellectual demonstration, which occurs when an object is incorporeal or absent (see §8), we can note that the use of a demonstrative pronoun in normal circumstances has the implication that the object pointed to must be present to the speaker.
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This is because the reference of a use of a true demonstrative is at least arguably determined in part by the speaker's beliefs and audience-directed intentions, whereas the reference of a pure indexical is settled by objective, attitude-independent factors of the occasion of utterance, like who is speaking when and where.
Praising a healthy use of technology encourages teens not to "hide behind the keyboard" and use it in a demonstrative way.
Other presumably accelerating approaches suggest a decisive exclusion of SNP candidates showing only marginal effects, relaxed formats for rapid dissemination of preliminary data, use of more demonstrative controls such as elderly tumor-free subjects, etc.
The pronouns of the 1st and 2nd persons still had distinctive dual forms: There were two demonstratives: sē, sēo, thaet, meaning "that," and thes, thēos, this, meaning "this," but no articles, the definite article being expressed by use of the demonstrative for "that" or not expressed at all.
Use a demonstrative speech to explain a process.
Modelling aspects of the development of an energy saving hydraulic variable valve train for combustion engines are used as a demonstrative example.
If caught soliciting or even being suspected of plying your trade, a hooker would face jail, with death commonly used as a demonstrative tool.
This one size is used as a demonstrative model.
In such a statement, which he calls a statement of identification, in Dummett's view, there need be no reference to objects made by the use of the demonstratives, any more than reference is made to any object in a feature-placing sentence like "It's hot here".
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