Demonstratives: A cross-linguistic typology

By R. Dixon. 2003

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The grammar of engagement I: framework and initial exemplification (2017, background): “…a long period when the typology of demonstrative systems was dominated by their spatial properties (Anderson & Keenan, 1985; Diessel, 1999a, 1999b; Dixon, 2003), the field is unveiling a growing number of cases where demonstratives can best be understood as grammatical devices for bringing one’s…”
Demonstratives, joint attention, and the emergence of grammar (2006, background): “…do not have definite articles, relative pronouns, copulas, auxiliaries, or modal verbs; but there is one notable exception: As has been argued in several recent studies, demonstratives are closed-class expressions that appear to be universal (cf. Diessel 1999, 2005; Dixon 2003; Himmelmann 1997).”