"they"

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 2003-07-24 5:21:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


> > Who went?  "They" is anaphora, it's only meaningful in English when we've
> > already been talking about some group.

"they" is ambiguous in english.  it's often anaphoric, referring to people/things already spoken of, but it can also be deictic, referring to people/things who are neither speaker nor addressee, but not referred to before.  ex:  (pointing at some group of people) "who are they?"

btw, "ledu" seems weird to me.
stevo

stevo