Difference between revisions of "Person (definition)"

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Person refers to the perspective of a noun phrase in a sentence.

First person refers to the speaker or a group with the speaker). In English, I, me, we or us. In Gaelic, mi & sinn
Second person refers to the party being addressed. In English you. In Gaelic thu, tu, or sibh
Third person refers to any other noun phrase. In English, "he, him, her, she, it, they, them, and any other noun phrase like "the dog, "the clouds etc. In Gaelic: e, i, iad and any other noun phrase.

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.

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-this term is used to refer to number of participants and also their nature. In most languages there is first person (speaker or a group with the speaker), second person (person speaker is addressing), third person (other people or objects). In Romance languages there is also the difference between male and female. There are other distinctions in other languages between ideas such informal vs. formal, definite vs. indefinite and inclusive (including the speaker) and exclusive (not including the speaker).
+Person refers to the perspective of a noun phrase in a sentence.
+*First person refers to the speaker or a group with the speaker). In English, ''I'', ''me'', ''we'' or ''us''. In Gaelic, ''mi'' & ''sinn''
+*Second person refers to the party being addressed. In English ''you''. In Gaelic ''thu, tu,'' or ''sibh''
+*Third person refers to any other noun phrase. In English, "he, him, her, she, it, they, them,'' and any other noun phrase like "the dog'', "the clouds'' etc. In Gaelic: ''e, i, iad'' and any other noun phrase.
+==External Links==
+*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_person
 ==References==
+*Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
-Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
-==External Links==
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_person
 [[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 [[Category:Morphology]]