Demonstrative

The view Davidson defends is called the Demonstrative Theory.

Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

Seven years after he appeared at No 5 Coronation Street in a cloud of biscuit dust and halitosis, Schmeichel's number was up, his gargantuan shoulders no longer strong enough to support the mantle of Soap's Least Demonstrative Canine.

World of Lather 2011

• Demonstrative disagreement, such as when a player incredulously raises his hands, or smacks his own arm to demonstrate how he was fouled.

NBA gives refs license to issue more technicals Cindy Boren 2010

Demonstrative Democracy: Voting in the recent elections was just a start (at least for just over half of the US population who exercised their right to vote).

Restorative Resolutions for 2009 and Beyond 2008

The Demonstrative Theory is both bold and radical.

Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

Quantifying-in is obviously ruled out, since the quoted token is placed outside the quoting sentence, i.e., the Demonstrative Theory can explain (BQ2).

Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

Demonstrative cohesiveness is what they need to project; Schumer HAS to vote "nay" on this.

Leahy Against Mukasey 2009

(DQR) proponents would presumably be as unimpressed as Demonstrative Theorists and their replies would be much the same (see above).

Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

On the Demonstrative Theory it is unclear why this should be so: the spoken utterance demonstrates a vocal pattern, and the written utterance a graphemic pattern.

Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009

If the Demonstrative Theory were correct, it should be possible for (4) to demonstrate, e.g., a penguin.

Quotation Cappelen, Herman 2009