The pragmatics of personal pronouns / edited by Laure Gardelle, ENS de Lyon, UMR ICAR ; Sandrine Sorlin, Aix-Marseille University, LERMA, IUF.

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The Pragmatics of Personal Pronouns; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Personal pronouns; 1. A linguistic definition of personal pronouns; 1.1 What is a personal pronoun?; 1.2 Personal pronouns as fundamental elements in linguistic systems; 2. The function of personal pronouns: The centrality of pragmatics; 2.1 The grammatical tradition: From impoverished substitutes to elements with a positive pragmatic contribution; 2.2 A second fundamental function of personal pronouns: Social deixis; 3. Genre-specific pragmatic effects

3.1 A major pragmatic function of personal pronouns in fiction: Destabilizing the reader3.2 A second pragmatic function in fiction: Repeated pronouns; 3.3 The pragmatics of personal pronouns in politics and the media; 4. Conclusion on the notion of person: From a strictly linguistic feature to a partly pragmatic notion; 5. Book contents; References; She said "I don't like her and her don't like me"; 1. Introduction: The Black Country and its dialect; 2. The research framework; 3. The existence of pronoun exchange in other dialects

4. Her and she in the Black Country dialect: A quantitative analysis5. Her and she in the Black Country dialect: A qualitative analysis; 5.1 Solidarity; 5.2 Social distance and respect; 5.3 Disrespect; 5.4 Quoting; 5.5 Topic; 6. Her and she: Summary and conclusion; References; Free self-forms in discourse-pragmatic functions; 1. Introduction; 2. The 'form equals function' fallacy; 3. Free self-forms in picture NPs; 4. Discourse-pragmatic perspectives; 4.1 The concept of viewpoint; 4.2 Logophoric reference; 4.3 Empathy and contrast; 4.4 Subject of Consciousness and contrast

4.5 Free self-forms5. Pronoun Usage Questionnaire; 6. Conclusion; References; Sex-indefinite references to human beings in American English; 1. Introduction; 2. Prescriptive recommendations for gender-inclusive language; 2.1 Stating the problem; 2.2 Recommendations; 3. Effective uses of gender-inclusive pronominal forms: Existing studies; 4. Anaphors with your child as antecedent: Data collection procedure and results; 5. Preliminary conclusions; 6. Further analysis of pronoun selection criteria; 7. Pragmatic interferences in some anaphoric chains; 8. Conclusion; References

'Loquor, ergo sum'References; 'You' and 'I' in charity fundraising appeals; 1. Introduction; 2. Initial thoughts on 'I' and 'you'; 2.1 Pronoun use in charity fundraising texts: Apparent assumptions and possible problems; 2.2 The 'I'-'you' dyad; 2.3 The paradoxical push and pull of the 'you'; 3. Ontological slippage; 3.1 Double (double) deixis; 3.2 Shifting voices; 3.3 Switching roles; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Breaking the fourth wall; 1. Introduction; 2. The diverse references of the second person pronoun: Other- or ego-oriented?; 2.1 Theatrical you

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