Re: A New Language

H. S. Teoh  <hsteoh@...> 2002.08.17. 12:10:52 -4h-kor írta:

> On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 03:52:43PM +0200, Mau Rauszer wrote:
> > Florian Rivoal  <florian@...> 2002.08.17. 12:58:00 +8h-kor írta:
> [snip]
> > > There is no personal pronoun for the third person.  The common
> > > demonstrative pronoun 'to' is used instead.
> > You mean they don't distinguish the second and third person? Hm.
> > Interestingly weird. Just a question: do this lang have gender?
> [snip]
>
> Ebisedian doesn't distinguish between 2nd and 3rd person either. :-)
> Rather, it has a intimate/distant distinction, used to refer to close
> friends or strangers/opponents, respectively. It is generally understood
> who the speaker is referring to, by knowing who he regards as friend and
> who as stranger. (It is, of course, also good occasion to make laughing
> stock of those who haven't been paying attention.)
Well, and how about natural languages?
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