Re: Person distinctions in languages?
| From: | Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 3, 2005, 19:11 |
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Hey!
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 18:31, Kevin Athey wrote:
> **In the first person plural, of course. I've seen this
> somewhere in the second person plural, but I don't
> remember where. I don't even remember if it was a
> natlang or a conlang, although I'm mostly sure it was the
> former. Can anyone help me with that?
I've had a 2nd person inanimate when Ayeri was still
"young". But I dropped that device because I couldn't think
of a possible sensible use.
Now, I've only got a 3rd person inanimate, which will be
eventually dropped as well or used if my lang will ever
develop a male/female distinction. I know that using the
inanimate pronoun for fe/males would be sexist, but it
wouldn't be untypical for a natlang at least AFAIK.
Carsten
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http://www.beckerscarsten.de/?conlang=ayeri
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