Humanness in the 3rd Person Singular Personal Pronoun in Alemannic Dialects
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DOI: 10.1017/s1470542717000150
Abstract: This paper surveys the emergence of the categoryhumannessin the 3rd person singular personal pronoun in Alemannic (southwest German) dialects. The first part shows that some Alemannic dialects have developed a human/nonhuman distinction in the 3rd… read more here.
Keywords: person singular; personal pronoun; singular personal; 3rd person ... See more keywords