Re: Fourth Person
| From: | Gustavo Eulalio <guga@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 5, 1998, 1:25 |
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On: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 16:30:15 -0500
Christopher Palmer wrote:
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> 'Presence', like 'animacy' or any other semantic feature, relates only
> arbitrarily to 'person-ness' (function as a speaker/hearer in the
> discourse).
So, do you think something like a 4th person = "reflexive", and
5th person = "reciprocal" would be more like it?
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