2 Responses to “Inclusive/Exclusive Distinction in Independent Pronouns”

1. Martin Persson Says:
   September 15th, 2009 at 9:53 pm

   One might wonder if there is a counterpart in the second person as well. Something like this, perhaps:

   a) Ye (who stand before me)
   b) Thou and your friends (who happen to be elsewhere)

2. Michael Cysouw Says:
   September 16th, 2009 at 10:35 am

   Please check Cysouw (2003:73-77) and Simon (2005) for an the extensive discussion of this topic.

   Cysouw (2003): http://wals.info/refdb/record/Cysouw-2003
   http://books.google.com/books?id=5bCWImE3zPkC&pg=PA73

   SImon (2005): http://books.google.com/books?id=–uyimDWbJoC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA113#v=onepage&q=&f=false

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