Personal Pronouns in Present-Day English

Studies in English Language

by Katie Wales

This is the first comprehensive book-length analysis of personal pronouns in present-day English. Drawing on the Survey of English (SEU) corpus and the International Corpus of English (ICE-GB), Katie Wales examines a wide variety of discourses, texts and varieties of English around the world. Her approach is pragmatic and functional, rather than formal, and her concern is with speakers and writers and their uses of language in social, cultural and rhetorical contexts. The discussion is illustrated with numerous examples of the usage of personal pronouns and also of reflexives and possessives.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published November 13, 1996

About the author

Katie Wales is a Special Professor in English Language and Literature at the University of Nottingham in England. She is a founder member of the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), and co-founder of its journal Language and Literature.