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russian term added

Bickel at 16:57, 29 June 2007

2007-06-29T16:57:56Z

Bickel at 16:53, 29 June 2007

2007-06-29T16:53:26Z

Linguipedia: New page: '''Person''' is an inflectional dimension used mostly on verbal predicates, possessed nouns and adpositions to denote the speech act participants speaker and hearer...

2007-06-20T10:35:07Z

New page: '''Person''' is an inflectional dimension used mostly on verbal predicates, possessed nouns and adpositions to denote the speech act participants speaker and hearer...

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'''Person''' is an inflectional [[dimension]] used mostly on verbal predicates, [[possessed noun]]s and [[adposition]]s to denote the [[speech act participant]]s [[speaker]] and [[hearer]] and their contrast with non-speech act particiants.

===Inflectional categories===
*[[First person]]
*[[Second person]]
*[[Third person]]
*[[Fourth person]]

See also
*[[Impersonal]]
*[[Inclusive vs. exclusive]]

===Origin===
The term ''person'' and the names for the three main categories (first, second, third) go back to the ancient Greek grammarians.

===Reference===
*[[Anna Siewierska|Siewierska, Anna.]] 2003. ''Person.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

===Other languages===
French [[personne]] German [[Person (de)]]

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-'''Person''' is an inflectional [[dimension]] used mostly on verbal predicates, [[possessed noun]]s and [[adposition]]s to denote the [[speech act participant]]s [[speaker]] and [[hearer]] and their contrast with non-speech act particiants. In some languages, the dimension person is not categorized into speaker vs. hearer vs. non-speech act participants, but into what is called [[conjunct]], [[locutor]], [[informant]], or [[epistemic source]] vs. other. The conjunct person is the speaker in statements and the addressee in questions.
+'''Person''' is an inflectional [[dimension]] used mostly on verbal predicates, [[possessed noun]]s and [[adposition]]s to denote the [[speech act participant]]s [[speaker]] and [[hearer]] and their contrast with non-speech act particiants. In some languages, the dimension person is not categorized into speaker vs. hearer vs. non-speech act participants, but into what is called [[conjunct]], [[locutor]], [[informant]], or [[epistemic source]] vs. other. The conjunct (locutor/informant/epistemic source) person is the speaker in statements and the addressee in questions.
 ===Inflectional categories===
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 The term ''person'' and the names for the three main categories (first, second, third) go back to the ancient Greek grammarians.
-===Reference===
+===References===
 *[[Anna Siewierska|Siewierska, Anna.]] 2003. ''Person.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
 ===Other languages===