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Appendix

Appendix

Personal Pronouns:

English[1]:

                                                             Possessive                 Possessive 

 Subjects                  Objects               Determiners               Determiners

I            we            me         us           my         our              mine        ours

you       you          you        you         your       your            yours       yours

he         they         him        them        his         their            his           theirs

she       they          her        them        her         their            hers         theirs

it          they          it           them        its          their            its            theirs

ASL[2]:

           1st Person                        Non-1st Person

N 1     PRO-1                              PRO

U  2    WE-2                               THEY-2

M 3    THREE-OF-US               THREE-OF-THEM

B  4    FOUR-OF-US                 FOUR-OF-THEM

E  5    FIVE-OF-US                   FIVE-OF-THEM

R Pl.  WE                                   THEY

Possessive Determiners:

                1st person               Non-1st person

singular:   MY                     POSS-straight-line

plural:      OUR                   POSS-trace-path

Reflexive Pronouns:

English:

                                                    singular                plural

1st person                                    myself                 ourselves

2nd person                                   yourself               yourselves

3rd person masculine                  himself                themselves

3rd person feminine                    herself                 themselves

3rd person neuter                         itself                   themselves

ASL:

SELF, this sign is generally not used reflexively.

 



[1] English charts from Teschner & Evans Chapter 5

[2] ASL charts from Liddell power point handout 10/22/02

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