"demonstrative determiner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: demonstrative determiners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} demonstrative determiner (plural demonstrative determiners)
  1. (grammar) a determiner used to demonstrate the identity of the thing referenced by the following noun; in English, they include this, these, that and those Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: possessive determiner Translations (determiner demonstrating identity): 指示限定詞 (shiji genteishi) (Japanese), banodolyn dangosol [masculine] (Welsh)

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