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| Wiebian lacks true third-person pronouns. The closest equivalents are the demonstratives ''mi'' 'this' and ''a'' 'that'. | | Wiebian lacks true third-person pronouns. The closest equivalents are the demonstratives ''mi'' 'this' and ''a'' 'that'. |
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| In Modern Wiebian ''nu'' 'I' is often used when referring to an object or place central to the deixis or discourse, "the way a camera would talk". It can also refer to an object or person with which the speaker identifies with intimately or closely. (Of course, the actual "me" is presumed to be outside of the domain of discourse.) Examples:
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| *for a trivial example, the player character in a video game
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| *when describing what happened to one's friend or pet
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| *as an empathy-signalling device.
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| :''''''''''
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| :''Whoa, your professor was such a prick to you [lit. me]!''
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| ====Verbs==== | | ====Verbs==== |