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Publication details [#3536]

Friedrich, Paul. 1972. Social context and semantic feature: The Russian pronominal usage. In Gumperz, John J. and Dell H. Hymes, eds. Directions in sociolinguistics: The ethnography of communication. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. pp. 270–300.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

pronoun | social context

Language as a subject

Annotation

The Russian pronoun is said to be characterized by a great deal of switching and by what F. calls cases of pronominal breakthrough.