Demonstratives, joint attention, and the emergence of grammar

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Pragmatic markers: the missing link between language and Theory of Mind (2020, background): “Diessel (2006) characterized the evolution of demonstrative forms into anaphoric demonstratives and definite articles as an evolution of the corresponding communicative functions: ‘Deictic>Anaphoric>Definite’ (p. 477).”
The grammar of engagement I: framework and initial exemplification (2017, background): “(Diessel, 2006, p. 470) Demonstratives generally distinguish a reasonably large set of ontological categories – entities (this), places (here), times (now), manners (thus), and so forth, welded together with deictics into sets like koko/soko/asoko ‘here / there [28] However, while both Maaka and…”
Neural correlates of processing case in adults and children. (2025, unknown): “Such early acquisition of demonstratives is common across languages (Gonz ´ alez-Pe ˜ na, Doherty, & Guijarro-Fuentes, 2020) and possibly related to the high frequency of pointing behavior in child-directed speech (Diessel, 2006).”