<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>I've been interested in the structure and function of elaborated
<BR>demonstrative systems for some time- English used to have a much fuller
<BR>system which included:
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<BR>whither hither thither
<BR>whence hence thence
<BR>what ? that
<BR>which ? this
<BR>when ? then
<BR>where here there
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<BR>etc. was yonder part of the first series? But then the lexicalized be-yond
<BR>still finds use. Perhaps the establishment of systems of roads and increase
<BR>in less landmark-based navigation strategies are part of what drives such
<BR>elaborated spatial/temporal demonstrative systems to simpler series- just as
<BR>elaborated sets of pronominal or address terms can become reduced once rank
<BR>and face become less important in social intercourse.
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<BR>Jess Tauber
<BR>zylogy@aol.com</FONT></HTML>