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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=== | ===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. | The term ''person'' and the names for the three main categories (first, second, third) go back to the ancient Greek grammarians. | ||
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*[[Anna Siewierska|Siewierska, Anna.]] 2003. ''Person.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | *[[Anna Siewierska|Siewierska, Anna.]] 2003. ''Person.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | ||
| + | *Bickel, Balthasar & Nichols, Johanna. 2007. Inflectional morphology. In: Shopen, T. [ed.] "Language typology and syntactic description". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | ||
===Other languages=== | ===Other languages=== | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 29 June 2007
Person is an inflectional dimension used mostly on verbal predicates, possessed nouns and adpositions to denote the speech act participants 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
See also
Origin
The term person and the names for the three main categories (first, second, third) go back to the ancient Greek grammarians.
References
- Siewierska, Anna. 2003. Person. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Bickel, Balthasar & Nichols, Johanna. 2007. Inflectional morphology. In: Shopen, T. [ed.] "Language typology and syntactic description". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Other languages
French personne German Person (de)
