[An-lang] 'Visible' and 'invisible' demonstratives

Wed Jan 27 13:22:08 UTC 2021

Dear all,

I am working on a paper about the discourse functions of ‘visible’ and ‘invisible’ demonstratives, with a focus on Tiang (a Meso Melanesian language from New Ireland, PNG, which I am doing fieldwork on).

Are you aware of other languages with a ‘visible’/‘invisible’ distinction in demonstratives, and whether ‘visible’ and ‘invisible’ demonstratives differ in their discourse functions? I am interested in which demonstratives can act as anaphors and/or cataphors, and whether certain demonstratives are more frequent in a certain function. Most grammars do not really talk about this… Information on any language (Austronesian, Papuan, other language families) would be a great help.

Kind regards,

Christoph

Christoph Holz

PhD Candidate

James Cook University

Cairns, Australia
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