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

Rodlox wrote:

> 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).
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>> BUT, more to the point of this thread, I've lately been hearing about
>>another -- a "4th Person POV".
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>> anybody have any ideas or theories about what it might be?
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.

K.

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