German demonstrative adverbs of spatial deixis: Evidence from native speakers, L2 learners, and corpora

The use of demonstrative adverbs is a function of making reference to a real or abstract location. In German, there are three principle demonstrative adverbs that are used spatially--hier, da, and dort. This thesis provides an overview of the primary theories proposed in the literature to explain th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gajdos, Johnathan Lee William
Other Authors: Fagan, Sarah M. B.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2011
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/965
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2350&context=etd