Le pronom you dans les insultes directes en anglais: une usurpation d’identité

In English it is possible to resort to the pronoun you in « insulting utterances » such as You idiot!, You bastard!, etc. The pronoun does not seem necessary in those utterances in the sense that it does not give any information about the addressee, who can generally be identified. Those constructio...

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Main Author: Stéphanie Béligon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Universitatii din Oradea 2013-12-01
Series:Studii de Lingvistica
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Online Access:http://studiidelingvistica.uoradea.ro/docs/3-2013/pdf-uri/Beligon.pdf