The demonstratives of a language allow a three-way distance contrast, which may be either distance- or person-oriented.  For example, the Hunzib demonstratives <i>bÉ™d</i>, <i>bÉ™l</i>, and <i>É™g</i> indicate proximal, medial, and distal referents, respectively.  In Japanese,  the demonstratives <i>kono</i>, <i>sono</i>, and <i>ano</i> describe referents that are "near the speaker," "near the hearer," and "away from the speaker and hearer."

<br><br><b>Reference</b><br>
Diessel, Holger. 2008. Distance Contrasts in Demonstratives.
In Haspelmath et al (2008), chapter 41. Available online at <a href="http://wals.info/feature/41">
http://wals.info/feature/41</a href>.
