The Finnish logophoric pronoun <i>hän</i>: a quantitative approach

The paper examines the logophoric use of hän ‘he/she’ in contemporary Finnish conversation data. A logophoric pronoun is a device used in reported speech referring to the original speaker of a reported utterance. In informal spoken Finnish the pronoun hän is mostly used logophorically, even though i...

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Main Author: Katri Priiki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2017-09-01
Series:Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/15163

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