(Meadow Mari)

2DC

2DC: Demonstrative pronouns display a two-way distance contrast (near and far).

singularplural
tə, tide’this’nine’these’
tu, tudə’that’nuno’those’
sede’this’
sade’that’
(1)tidepərəs,atudopij
thiscatandthatdog
‘This is a cat and that is a dog.’ (T. E.)

In Meadow Mari demonstrative pronouns mark proximity and distance displaying a two-way distance contrast (Alhoniemi 1985: 85).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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