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Coventry et al. show that speakers of all tested languages use spatial demonstratives as a function of being able to reach or act on an object being referred to. Image credit: Coventry et al., doi: 10.1038/s41562-023-01697-4.

Study: All Languages around the World Have Words for ‘This’ and ‘That’

Nov 2, 2023 by News Staff

In new research, scientists from the University of East Anglia and elsewhere studied 874 speakers of 29 different languages, including English, Spanish,...