Re: Fourth person was Re: CONLANG Digest
| From: | Markus Miekk-oja <torpet@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 27, 2000, 14:08 |
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>On Fri, 26 May 2000, Muke Tever wrote:
>>
>>Are there any languages, (natural or homemade) that have a sort of double
>>pronoun... ack, I don't know how to say it.
>>
>>Here:
>>"He told him the truth about his mother."
>
> My terminology is a little rusty, but I would say that the words
>you are looking for is "fourth person".
The Language COnstruction Kit mentions proximative and obviative pronouns:
"Distinctions may be made:
...
* between two sets of third persons (proximate and obviative)-- imagine
having two forms of 'he' to distinguish two different persons
...
".