demonstrative or pronoun?

[Jon Aske]

Basque: 

Jon naiz
Jon (absolutive, focus) I-am

Spanish:
Soy Jon
I-am Jon (focus)


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Subject: Re: demonstrative or pronoun?

David - Greek works like Italian:

O John eimai  'the John I-am'

Best,

Peter
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Peter Trudgill  FBA
Adjunct Prof. of Sociolinguistics, Agder Univ., N
Adjunct Prof., RCLT, La Trobe Univ., AU
Prof. Emeritus of Eng. Linguistics, Fribourg Univ, CH
Hon. Prof. of Sociolinguistics, UEA, Norwich, UK

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