The study explored how did advanced English L2 learners acquire the two uses of the word "this". The first use is as a deictic modifier, like in "Have you ever read THIS book?" The second use is as an indefinite specific modifier, like in the dialogue, "A: It looks like you did not sleep well last night? B: Guess what? There is THIS crazy man who lives upstairs and jumps rope at 2 a.m. every
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