new title grammaticalization john benjamins publishing would like call attention following new title field grammaticalization demonstratives interaction emergence definite article finnish ritva laury california state university fresno 1997 viii 294 pp studies discourse grammar 7 us canada hb 1 55619 597 4 price usd 69 00 rest world hb 90 272 3646 1 price nlg 178 book concerns one paradigm examples grammaticalization development definite article demonstrative determiner although standard written finnish articles demonstrative se currently emerging definite article spoken finnish book describes explains developing use se based database consisting spoken narratives three different periods spanning last one hundred years author proposes development demonstrative article roots way speakers ordinarily use demonstratives conversation provides analysis use se two finnish demonstratives 228m 228 tuo corpus multiparty conversations showing speakers finnish use demonstratives focus attention important referents express negotiate access interactive context ongoing talk primarily talk near far referents development se general marker identifiability shown connected focusing function demonstratives well use referents speaker considers accessible addressee bernadette martinez keck tel 215 8361200 publicity marketing fax 215 8361204 john benjamins north america email bernie benjamins com po box 27519 philadelphia pa 191180519 check john benjamins web site http www benjamins com