Comparative Concept: pronoun (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
pronoun (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | pronoun |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | pronoun (cxn) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
a linguistic form that refers to an individual via some contextual factor in the speech act situation. Example: I is a pronoun because it refers to a person via the role she is playing in the speech event (namely, speaker). (Section 3.1.1)