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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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Nominative
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Count noun
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Definiteness

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