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Nous and On in Semi-formal French: Pragmatic Uses of Institutionality and Distancing
King, Deborah (Linguistics & TESOL, 2010-11-16)French linguists have long noted the substitution of the indefinite pronoun on for the 1st person plural pronoun nous, in both formal and informal situations. Studies of informal conversation have found this replacement ...