Glossary term E

Emphatic Pronoun

An emphatic pronoun is a personal pronoun that is used to emphasize its referent.

(French)

In the following sentence, moi is used as an emphatic pronoun:

  • Moi, je suis français. ‘Me, I am French.’
  1. Hartmann and Stork 1972, 76
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