“Mother-in-law, my, we know her!”

Language constructs and reproduces different types of generalizations, for example concerning gender categories. By way of certain linguistic choices speakers construct or reproduce identities for men and women and other categories. Specific lexical and functional items are used for this purpose, consciously and unconsciously. One linguistic item that is used for this purpose is the personal pronoun. This article provides an analysis of data extracts taken from a Danish magazine with the aim of illustrating how personal pronouns contribute to the construction of identities related to particular categories, mainly a female identity, and serve a particular purpose in interaction with other elements in context.

语言构建并复现了多种类型的范畴概括，以性别范畴为例。说话者可通过特定的语言选择，构建或再现男性、女性及其他社会类别的身份认同。人们会有意识或无意识地借助特定的词汇与功能项来达成这一目的。其中一类用于实现该功能的语言项便是人称代词（personal pronoun）。本文对取自一份丹麦杂志的语料片段展开分析，旨在阐明人称代词如何助力特定范畴（主要为女性身份）相关的身份构建，并在语境中与其他语言成分互动时发挥特定的交际作用。