Day 49
In English, here can function as a pronoun, an adverb, and in some dialects as an adjective. It is a deictic expression involving deixis of space - that is to say, its referent is dependent on the location in which it is uttered.
It comes from Old English hēr, in which language it finds use in the meaning "at this time" as well as the meaning "in this place". It is, as such, cognate with Latin cis, "on this side of".
One can contrast here with there, which is "somewhere else", with anywhere, which theoretically includes both "here" and all possible "theres", and with nowhere, which excludes both here and there.
Hereabouts extends the boundaries of here fuzzily.
Day 49
In English, here can function as a pronoun, an adverb, and in some dialects as an adjective. It is a deictic expression involving deixis of space - that is to say, its referent is dependent on the location in which it is uttered.
It comes from Old English hēr, in which language it finds use in the meaning "at this time" as well as the meaning "in this place". It is, as such, cognate with Latin cis, "on this side of".
One can contrast here with there, which is "somewhere else", with anywhere, which theoretically includes both "here" and all possible "theres", and with nowhere, which excludes both here and there.
Hereabouts extends the boundaries of here fuzzily.