In traditional grammar, it would fall under a subcategory of adjective. Modern grammar calls it a determiner, a separate part of speech.
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Anonymous what part of speech is "that" in this sentence I would like that hat there pleaseI've heard it called a demonstrative adjective, of which there are four: this, that, these, those.