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Part 1 Introduction: preliminary remarks; towards a definition ofdemonstratives; outline and literature; language sample. Part 2 Morphology:demonstratives in Guugu, Ambulas, Ewondo, and Korean; the morphology ofdemonstratives; summary. Part 3 Semantics: the semantic features ofdemonstratives; the features of demonstratives - a systematic overview. Part4 Syntax: demonstrative pronoun and demonstrative determiners; demonstrativeadverbs; demonstrative identifiers; summary. Part 5 Pragmatic use: theexophoric use; the anaphoric use; the discourse deictic use; therecognitional use; the special status of exophoric demonstrative; summary.Part 6 Grammaticalization: some general principles of grammaticalization;criteria of the grammaticalization of demonstratives; the grammaticalizationof pronominal demonstrative; the grammaticalization of adnominaldemonstratives; the grammaticalization of adverbial demonstratives; thegrammaticalization of identificational demonstratives; the diachronic originof demonstrative; summary. Part 7 Conclusion: major findings; futureresearch. Appendices: data sources; the inflectional features of pronominaldemonstrative.