1. Chinese, like many other languages in the world, has its own system of demonstratives. 汉语象世界上其他语言一样，有自己的指示词系统。
2. This paper explains the differences between the usages of the definite article and the demonstratives in a functional perspective. 该文对定冠词与指示词的用法差异从功能出发进行认知解释。
3. Based on statistics, the paper explores the phonetic iconicity ofthe demonstratives and single-syllabled antonyms in modern Chinese. 本文用统计的方法，考察了民族语言（?）汉语方言的指示代词和现代汉语单音节反义词的音义象似性。
4. The demonstratives play a decisive role in language communication, thus have always been the focus of study of many linguists and scholars. 指示代词在语言交际中起着举足轻重的作用，并一直是语言学家们研究的对象。
5. There are two main phonetic iconicity motivations in demonstratives: sonority hierarchy iconicity motivation and complexity iconicity motivation. 指示代词语音象似动因主要有两个：语音音响度象似动因和复杂性象似动因。
