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Second Person Pronouns as Person Deixis in Bengali and English: Linguistic Forms and Pragmatic Functions
2019
International Journal of English Linguistics
Second person pronouns functioning as person deixis are found to be used in both Bengali and English language to express the role relationships as well as the interpersonal relationships involved between the participants in conversation. However, the expression of these relationships through the use of second person deixis varies significantly in the two languages as it necessarily involves both linguistic as well as social aspects. Being an Asian language, Bengali has a detailed and somewhat
doi:10.5539/ijel.v10n1p345
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