This book investigates the semantics of spatial
deixis (e.g., this and that) from a cross-linguistic
point of view. The objectives are 1) to reveal
parameters which determine spatial deictic usage, 2)
to compare parameters among languages, and 3) to
investigate parameter dominance. The author looked
into more than 400 languages and clarified parameters
that have not been fully understood in previous
studies. Parameters listed in this book provide an
overview of the meanings of spatial deixis in
languages of the world. The penetrating analyses of
spatial deixis provide the better understanding...