Re: Is it necessary to distinguish inclusiveness in possessive markers?

Trebor Jung wrote:

> Merhaba!
>
> I guess sg/pl for 2p is unnecessary, so it's scrapped now.
>

Why would sg/pl be unneccesary?  Just because we don't use it in English.

> I think of 'fourth person' as being 'someone unknown or distant' -
> http://home.bluemarble.net/~langmin/navajo.htm
> <http://home.bluemarble.net/%7Elangmin/navajo.htm>
>

If you mean an Obviative(reading books on Native American Indian
languages really does improve your linguistic knowledge), I'd say it's a
main character/incidental character distinction.  The main character
being the person you're focussing on.

For instance -

He(3p)'s called (Name)

They(4p) hate him(3p).

Where 3rd person represents the main character, and fourth person
represents another.  If you mean something different, then this is
useless, but it's an interesting system, nonetheless.

> --Trebor

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