In all languages, if the metaperson ‘speaker + hearer(s) + non-participant(s)’ is not the only meaning of a certain form, then this form must also denote the metapersons ‘speaker + hearer(s)’ (cf. ) and /or ‘speaker’.
Standardized
IF the metaperson ‘speaker + hearer(s) + non-participant(s)’ is not the only meaning of a form, THEN this form must also denote the metapersons ‘speaker + hearer(s)’ and /or ‘speaker’.
Keywords
personal pronoun, person, 1st, speaker, hearer, non-participant
Domain
inflection, syntax, lexicon
Type
implication
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
400 world-wide distributed languages, see Sokolovskaja 1980: 98-99; Sokolovskaja surveyed systems of independent personal pronouns only.
) and /or ‘speaker’.
Sokolovskaja recognizes the following metapersons:’speaker’, ‘hearer’, ‘non-participant’, ‘speaker + hearer(s)’, ‘speaker + non-participant(s)’, ‘hearer(s) + non-participant(s)’, and ‘speaker + hearer(s) + non-participant(s).