@article {Гинина1980a, title = {Деиксис и определеност на имената в българския и сърбохърватския език}, journal = {Съпоставително езикознание / Сопоставительное языкознание / Contrastive linguistics}, volume = {5}, year = {1980}, pages = {32{\textendash}37}, abstract = {The deictic function of the demonstrative pronouns този/тоя in Bulgarian and of taj/ovaj in Serbo-Croatian is analyzed and their relationship to noun definiteness is considered. As a mark of indication, the demonstrative pronoun limits the scope of concepts and turns the general concepts into particular ones. In that individualizing and identifying function the pronoun serves as a means of noun definiteness. The identification is achieved in different ways depending on the shades of meaning of deixis: through direct indication, through observation of the author{\textquoteright}s and characters{\textquoteright} interior monologues. The incomplete identity of the demonstrative pronoun with the definite article (in Bulgarian) and with the zero form of definiteness (in Serbo-Croatian) show that it has an independent status in the system of identification means. Its analogous behaviour in Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian, two languages with typologically different noun systems, shows the regular nature of its use.}, author = {Гинина, Стефания} }