Ebook: On the Use of Fourth Person in Navajo, or Navajo Made Harder

Source: International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan., 1970), — pp. 1-8
Published by: The University of Chicago Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1264475In this paper, we will survey some of the interactions among processes of pronominalization in Navajo. In particular, we will discuss the inter-relations between the usual third person pronoun forms and the so-called fourth person forms. We will not
attempt to formulate rules precisely, but will merely present the facts which must be
taken into account in any adequate formulation.