Looking for the Articloid: Ille and ipse in the Itinerarium Egeriae

This paper examines the status of Latin demonstrative ille and intensifier ipse, which are sources definite articles in modern Romance languages. My analysis is based on text Itinerarium Egeriae from end fourth century AD. Using approach cognitive linguistics, I suggest how articloid could be defined it distinguished semantically its source element. argue that both ipse used as articloids text. However, original meaning intensifying also attested, certain cases; though redundant, their use can caused by specific stylistics Furthermore, has developed an additional establishes identity through similarity, might have led path to further grammaticalization. Therefore, a spectrum interrelated meanings range those attested Classical grammatical usage articloids. definiteness markers, not extended into contexts reserved for languages with fully grammaticalized markers hence AD been typologically equivalent Baltic