Pronouns

(c2) Oni se zabili (navzájem). The example (a1) has the index i with the pronoun they and the index k with the accusative case of the pronoun they, which means that the pronoun they have a meaning of „people“, which are NOT the people included in the meaning of them, i.e. them has the so-called disjoined refference. The following examples (12), (13) and (14) show that in English the nominative and accusative cases of the pronoun they are used to mark different (groups of) people. (12) (13) (14) The

Language and power 1 Power is gained in many ways throughout the text. Text I has been written, primarily, to persuade an audience to share their (bwag) views on the new Sainsburys being built in their “medieval heritage” town of Bishops Waltham, therefore it is aimed at residents of the town who are old enough to write a valid letter of complaint – age 18-70. Firstly, imperatives are used to be assertive right from the beginning of the text. The word “write” in “write a letter today” immediately

where the adjectives and demonstratives follow the noun. When it comes to nominative and accusative cases on nouns, they are not inflected for number, case or gender. Therefore, the same word could be used to translate the singular, dual and plural pronouns as shown in the table below. Examples 1 and 2 show the nominative and accusative cases on nouns in a sentence. 1st person 2nd person 3rd person Singular Kuv Koj Nws Duo (two) Wb Neb Nkawv Plural (more than two) Peb Nej Lawv (plural) (1) Koj

jargon by embedding imagery alongside his own experiences, and explores his enlightenment of the beauty within hearing the heartbeat of others. This essay is written in first person in the perspective of the author through the usage of personal pronouns within the text such as “I”. This is used to bring about a sense of intimacy to the audience with the author, and distinguishes itself from a regular essay as the author attempts to

“Vancouver School Board Introduces Gender-Neutral Pronouns” – and many similar headlines spanned across website pages and swept newspapers stands just this past summer, surely an indication of progressive politics in action for the queer people of Vancouver. In this case, giving non-binary and gender-neutral identifying students in Vancouver a chance to use gender-neutral pronouns – pronouns that do not make assumptions about a person’s gender. No longer are they stuck having their identities ignored

Theoretical Basis Experimenters wanted to find out why children and adolescents with autism use personal pronouns and what are the reasons why. Hypothesis No formal hypothesis of the whole article was found but the hypothesis for the experiment was that the subjects with autism would have a harder time in understanding in comparison to non autistic subjects and less of a tendency to use personal pronouns with proper names. Independent Variables Twenty-five subjects with autism Dependent Variables Twenty-five

Activity 1A As the story so often goes, I was once required to write, and thus I have been writing (largely under mandate) ever since. Although a Grandmother, who I in my childhood stayed with weekly, spoke chiefly in Spanish, I never learned enough of the language to ever properly forget it. This is a decision I’ve come to deeply regret in light of the book sales of Richard Rodriguez. My writing in adolescence was characterized by its being profoundly uninteresting. The highlight was a highly directed

use of “his” instead of my, he had to describe the look in his eyes as someone else's. Thus showing, the distaste of his own self as he came out of the Holocaust and wanting to now live a normal life. Through Elie’s use of a 3rd person possessive pronoun, he is able to create such meaning behind only a singular word. Elie also uses such harsh situations to point out the loss of faith or

2nd person pronouns and directly referencing someone. Near the end of the poem whitman states: “Leaving it to you to prove and define it”. This was in response to the ideas which he discussed earlier in the poem, that he believed his poems obtain a greater significance that the future poets should be inclined to validate. The ends with: “Expecting the main things from you”, which again reinforces Whitman's personal connection to those which he is refraining. By using second person pronouns it directly

the abstract nouns “depth” and “passion” to portray the materialistic nature of the Duke. Instead of cherishing the Duchess when she was alive, he is seen to be treasuring the painting of her due to its value. This is reinforced with the impersonal pronoun, “its” as it signifies that the Duke has objectified the Duchess, thus treating