1. To what extent does the conceptual framework of demonstrative reference as depicted in Fig. 1 generalize to cases of definite and indefinite reference (e.g., noun phrases including definite and indefinite articles) beyond demonstratives? 2. Why do speakers select demonstratives (versus alternative referring expressions) in the first place? 3. To what extent do the factors at the sociocultural and cognitive level of the framework play a role in the mind of the addressee when comprehending a demonstrative? 4. What is the extent of variability across languages in terms of the basic configuration of the conceptual framework? 5. To what extent do similar factors drive the speaker’s choice of demonstrative form in contrastive and noncontrastive situations of exophoric demonstrative use? 6. To what extent can corpus data and experimental findings be used to determine the overall extent of individual variation in speakers’ choice of demonstrative form? 7. What are the basic parameter settings of a computational implementation of the conceptual framework? 8. What brain structures and networks support the online production and comprehension of demonstrative reference?