Human impersonal pronouns in Afrikaans: a double questionnaire-based study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2018.05.002
Abstract: This paper is the first in-depth study of the main human impersonal pronouns in Afrikaans: jy ‘you’, (’n) mens ‘(a) human’ and hulle ‘they’. It adopts a double questionnaire approach, consisting of an acceptability judgment… read more here.
Keywords: human impersonal; double questionnaire; study; impersonal pronouns ... See more keywords
A corpus-based study of the human impersonal pronoun "('n) mens" in Afrikaans:Compared to "men" and "een mens" in Dutch
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DOI: 10.1075/lic.17004.van
Abstract: This article compares the grammaticalizing human impersonal pronoun ('n) mens in Afrikaans to fully grammaticalized men and non-grammaticalized een mens in Dutch. It is shown that 'n mens and een mens can still be used… read more here.
Keywords: impersonal pronoun; pronoun; een mens; human impersonal ... See more keywords