Dagara proximal and distal demonstratives
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Abstract
The paper sought to investigate Dagara’s proximal and distal demonstratives. Using elicitation strategies and Basic Linguistic Theory (BLT), it was revealed that, Dagara demonstratives chiefly co-occur with definite articles, the demonstrative and the noun as one constituent, and sometimes includes focal marker in the environment of tenses and aspects. The paper further argues that, apart from pronominal demonstratives, the omission of a definite article would thwart the manifestation of the reference (demonstration) in Dagara communication.
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