grammatical person

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Definition of grammatical person in English English dictionary

A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is referring; implemented in most languages by a variety of pronouns, and in inflected languages by variation in word endings

{i} (Grammar) deictic reference to the semantic role of a referent ( "I" and "we" - the first person; personal pronoun "you" in both the singular and plural - the second person; all the other pronouns and all nouns - the third person) )

Related Terms

grammatical persons

plural form of grammatical person

Hyphenation

gram·ma·ti·cal per·son

Turkish pronunciation

grımätıkıl pırsın

Pronunciation

/grəˈmatəkəl ˈpərsən/ /ɡrəˈmætəkəl ˈpɜrsən/