“Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems to me that […]”. First person singular pronouns as markers of (inter)subjectivity

Shala Barczewska

Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego, Kielce



Abstract

This article looks at the use of first-person singular pronouns in the 2008
debate between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox “Has Science Buried God?”




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Published
2019-10-04

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Barczewska, S. (2019). “Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems to me that […]”. First person singular pronouns as markers of (inter)subjectivity. Prace Językoznawcze, 20(1), 11–28. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/pj/article/view/4578

Shala Barczewska 
Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego, Kielce