This thesis attempts to give a description of the forms of demonstratives in Amharic, a language spoken in Ethiopia. Demonstratives are a part of deixis, which are words referring or pointing to...Show moreThis thesis attempts to give a description of the forms of demonstratives in Amharic, a language spoken in Ethiopia. Demonstratives are a part of deixis, which are words referring or pointing to other words. Works like Leslau and Appleyard give a good overview of demonstratives in Amharic. In this thesis I looked at those demonstratives and compared them to demonstratives I found in interviews I took with Amharic speakers. I discuss differences in proximal and distal demonstratives and also in nominal and locative demonstratives. Most demonstratives that are used are masculine. I also discuss a morpheme-ን -n which meaning I couldn’t find in certain situations in the literature I read.Show less