On versus tu and vous: Pronouns with indefinite reference in synchronous electronic French discourse

Language Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 409-427

  Williams, Lawrence ^a   van Compernolle, Rémi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; French; Pronouns; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749102264     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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