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Haddad, Youssef A. 2013. Pronouns and intersubjectivity in Lebanese Arabic gossip. Journal of Pragmatics 49 (1) : 57–77.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

attitude | gossip | intersubjectivity | language and culture | pronoun

Language as a subject

Arabic, Lebanese

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This article discusses the functions of Lebanese Arabic optional 1st and 2nd person dative pronouns in gossip constructions and within Cognitive Grammar. These pronouns become cultural instruments of social influence as they allow speakers' conceptualization as attitude holders.