{"product_id":"english-human-impersonal-pronouns","title":"English Human Impersonal Pronouns","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the impersonal uses of ‘you’, ‘one’, ‘they’, and ‘people’\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ein English. The corpus-based study examines shifts in use from the 17th century to today, discusses further impersonalization strategies, such as passives, and compares impersonal ‘you’ with second-person pronouns in other languages. It highlights key innovations such as the rise of simulating ‘you’ – where the addressee is not a member of the group generalized over – and considers language-external as well as language-internal motivations for these changes. Combining synchronic and diachronic perspectives, the book is a valuable resource for scholars in historical linguistics, pragmatics, and syntax.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57427696648536,"sku":"9783119148306","price":140.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/english-human-impersonal-pronouns","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}