Inclusive, Exclusive, Recusive

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Fri Mar 2 23:19:39 UTC 2007


This is not really a Siouan issue, but it is peripherally connected.
We've discussed inclusive and exclusive 'we' on the list some.

Inclusive = +me +you ?somebody else
Exclusive = +me -you +somebody else

I have discovered (or, rather, noticed) a third possibility, at least in
English.  I christen it "recusive."

Recusive  = -me +you ?somebody else

as in

"We need to take out the trash."

John E. Koontz
http://spot.colorado.edu/~koontz



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