Re: 1st, 2nd, 3rd - 4th person POV??

Keith Gaughan wrote:

> Rodlox wrote:
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>> this was #7...
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>>> growing up, I learned how to write...I learned about 1st Person POV (I,
>>> singular, only writing the thoughts of the narrator) & 3rd Person POV
>>> (writing the thoughts of everyone in the story) & 2nd Person POV (I've
>>
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>> been
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>>> a bit hazy about how often this delves into the thoughts of others).
>>>
>>> BUT, more to the point of this thread, I've lately been hearing about
>>> another -- a "4th Person POV".
>>>
>>> anybody have any ideas or theories about what it might be?
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> It occurs in several north american languages. It's kind of like dexis
> (this, that, yon) applied to third person pronouns. The third person
> in these languages like kind of like "this person", whereas the fourth
> person is like "that person", making them a more distant referrent.

In stories, of course, the 3rd person(Proximate) is the main character,
and the 4th person(Obligate, I think) is a secondary character.

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