Re: Mixed person plurals
| From: | tomhchappell <tomhchappell@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 11, 2005, 17:29 |
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Hello, John and others.
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, John Vertical <johnvertical@H...>
> wrote:
> [snip]
> Still, this does not circumvent the
> problem that someone tuning into the
> conversation midway through would not know
> what exactly is being talked
> about.
> [snip]
That problem occurs with any kind of pronoun at all,
except first-person-singular.
It even occurs with "short" names.
> [snip]
> >What do you mean by "4th person", exactly?
> > [snip]
> I explained this already in my first post on this topic,
> but the distinction
> between my 3rd and 4th persons is such that
> a 3rd person is present (can
> hear what is being said), but a 4th person isn't.
So "3rd person" = "hearer other than addressee"
and "4th person" = "non-hearer"?
(more or less)?
> [snip]
> the 3rd person is used instead of the 2nd in one-way communication,
> such as when addressing the reader in a book.
> [snip]
Thanks,
Tom H.C. in MI