Concept information
Preferred term
pronouns
Definition
- Every language has a group of words called deixis, whose interpretation depends on the context of utterances. Personal pronouns are one type of such words: Unlike count nouns (e.g., man) and proper nouns (e.g., David), the person referred to by a personal pronoun shifts depending on the discourse situation, although each pronoun has a fixed deictic meaning. [Source: Encyclopedia of Language Development; Pronouns]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/pronouns
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