Comparative Concept: third person pronoun (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
third person pronoun (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | third person pronoun • third person |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | third person pronoun (cxn) |
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Hierarchy
Definition
a personal pronoun used for contextual - reference to a person that is neither the speaker nor an addressee, or group of persons that does not include the speaker or addressee. Example: they is a third person pronoun, referring to a group, none of whom is the speaker or the addressee. (Section 3.1.1)