<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" class="">Dear all, </font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class=""><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="">Maybe this question may sound odd to many, but I wondered if there are languages that would have more than one 1SG pronoun, and if yes, how would the two differ from one another? My question mainly relates to reported speech constructions, specifically self-quotations. Since it is quite safe to assume that Reported Speaker = Reporter </span></font><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" class="">in self-quotations</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="">, I wondered if some language would distinguish the two sources of consciousness: 'I-now'</span><em style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="">as Reporter, and 'I-then'</span><em style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""> </em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="">as Reported Speaker. I don’t think I have seen something like this in the literature (might have simply overlooked it), but if you have heard about something like that, I would be interested to know more. Any examples from the languages of your expertise where this (or any other similar distinction related to 1SG pronoun) occurs would be more than welcome! </span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" class="">Have a lovely weekend! </font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" class="">From Tartu, </font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" class="">Denys Teptiuk</font></span></div></div></body></html>