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38: 835:. Some other languages have much more elaborate systems of formality that go well beyond the T–V distinction, and use many different pronouns and verb forms that express the speaker's relationship with the people they are addressing. Many 1731:
Harrigan, Atticus G.; Schmirler, Katherine; Arppe, Antti; Antonsen, Lene; Trosterud, Trond; Wolvengrey, Arok (November 2017). "Learning from the computational modelling of Plains Cree verbs".
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Some other languages use different classifying systems, especially in the plural pronouns. One frequently found difference not present in most Indo-European languages is a contrast between
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in order to distinguish degrees of formality and informality. A simple honorific system common among European languages is the
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The grammar of some languages divide the semantic space into more than three persons. The extra categories may be termed
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Several terms like "first person singular" and "second-person plural" redirect here. For other uses, see
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Laitinen, Lea (2006). "Zero person in Finnish: A grammatical resource for construing human reference".
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for a less topical third person. The obviative is sometimes called the fourth person. In this manner,
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takes a form dependent on the person of the subject and whether it is singular or plural. In
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references to participant(s) in an event; typically, the distinction is between the speaker (
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is also sometimes used for the category of indefinite or generic referents, which work like
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may also categorize pronouns in the fourth, and with the latter a fifth person.
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Leinonen, Marja (January 1983). "Generic zero subjects in Finnish and Russian".
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Second-person singular, literary, dialectal Yorkshire, and occasional use by
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to mark the present tense third person singular, excluding singular 'they'.
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Clusivity: Typology and Case Studies of Inclusive-exclusive Distinction
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Byon, Andrew Sangpil (2000). "Teaching Korean honorifics".
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in English phrases such as "one should be prepared" or
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divide the category of third person into two parts:
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Case
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Nominative
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Instrumental
Classifier
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Construct state
Count noun
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Collective noun
Definiteness
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