Re: Fourth Person
| From: | Pablo Flores <fflores@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 5, 1998, 2:54 |
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Tom Wier wrote:
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>I've been wondering about something recently: is it possible for languages
>to have a fourth person? I heard that some native American language somewhere
>like in New York State or something had one (Haida?), but don't remember the
>details. In any event, I wonder whether that would be something equivalent to
>the use of "one" in English or "man" in German.
I think "one" (also "on" in French) is also a third person, only a different
kind: while "he" or "she" are determined third persons, "one" refers to an
undetermined person, or to all possible or hypothetical third persons. It's
probably a question of nomenclature.
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