| demonstrative pronoun |
| Definition:
A pronoun that designates or points out. Note: English has four of them: this, that, these, and those. However, many feel that three more should be added to the list: (1) such (as in "Such were the joys"), (2) yonder (as in "Yonder stands the tallest tree"), and (3) yon (as in "Yon tree is huge"). |
| Example: This bud's for you. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: The concept's first citation is from 1591: "Of pronounes … some are called demonstratiues, because they shew a thing not spoken of before." (Percivall Sp. Dict. Biva) |