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:Opposed to "that":
 
:Opposed to "that":
:*"this" is close to the speaker
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:*<span style="font-weight:bold;">this</span> is close to the speaker
:*"that" is farther away.
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:*<span style="color:#AAAAAA;">that</span> is farther away.
  
 
The initial voiced dental fricative <span style="color:darkgreen;font-weight:bold;">ð</span>, common to both, is a deictic.  
 
The initial voiced dental fricative <span style="color:darkgreen;font-weight:bold;">ð</span>, common to both, is a deictic.  

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demonstrative adjective (determiner), pronoun

Opposed to "that":
  • this is close to the speaker
  • that is farther away.

The initial voiced dental fricative ð, common to both, is a deictic.

See also

this.Javascript