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

Joe wrote at 2004-09-24 13:46:52 (+0100)
 > Keith Gaughan wrote:
 >
 > >
 > > 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.

Obviative.  Incidentally, it's preferable to use these terms
(proximate and obviative), if that's what you're talking about, since
the term "4th person" has been applied to a variety of different
linguistic phenomena over the years. (I don't think any of them
(e.g. long-range reflexives in Inuktitut) are particularly suitable
for the POV of a story.)