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<P>> Re: Summary: number in personal pronouns</P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like to add two more items to the
list:<BR><BR>a) the use of "we" instead of "I" in scientific Russian and German;
for the<BR>generation of my teachers "we" is the norm, both spoken and written,
in my<BR>generation "I" appears sporadically - evidently under the English
influence.<BR>Compare: I argue that = Nam (Pl.) predstavljaetsja, chto; v nashej
rabote<BR>'in our (=my) work'; etc. The same happens in German;<BR><BR>b) plural
pronouns with singular reference as polite forms are widely<BR>spread; but there
are also cases when they are used in response, like in<BR>some German dialects:
"Wie geht es Euch (Sg.)? Uns (=mir) geht es gut". The<BR>same happens in
Turkish.<BR><BR>By the way, in Russian families with children the husband can
call his wife<BR>not only by her name, but simply mat' - 'mother', and she can
call him<BR>otec - "father".<BR><BR>Elena Skribnik<BR></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Prof. Dr. Elena Skribnik<BR>Institut für
Finnougristik/Uralistik<BR>der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München<BR>Ludwigstr. 31<BR>D-80539 München<BR>Tel. (089) 2180 1379<BR>Fax (089)
2180 3005<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:Elena.Skribnik@finn.fak12.uni-muenchen.de">Elena.Skribnik@finn.fak12.uni-muenchen.de</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>