English generic we, you, and they: An analysis in terms of territory of information

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1111-1124

  Kamio, Akio ^a  

^a DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demonstratives; English; Generic pronouns; Japanese; Proximal vs. Distal; Speaker's territory; Territory of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035402356     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(00)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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