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Hsiao, Chi-hua – Language Sciences, 2011
Dynamic and interactive uses of personal pronouns are usually not as neat as traditional grammar describes in that the first and second person pronoun index speakers and addressees in a speech event. Devoted to a prevalent feature of Mandarin Chinese conversation--the switch of the first person singular pronoun "wo", "I", and the second person…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Mandarin Chinese, Traditional Grammar