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Geiger, Richard A. 1979. Third-person reference. Papers in Linguistics 12 (3-4) : 535–552.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
power | second person | solidarity | terms of address | third person

Annotation

G. argues that the power/solidarity semantics generally employed for explaining second-person address is also at work in third-person reference.