Constructing Collectivity -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- References -- Constructing collectivity with 'we' -- 1. Introducing 'we' -- 2. Referential range and flexibility of 'we' -- 3. Further complexities of 'we' -- 4. Collective self-reference and person reference -- 5. Forms and functions of 'we' across languages and contexts -- 6. The present volume -- References -- Part I. Semantic and pragmatic perspectives on 'we' -- Referentiality, predicate patterns, and functions of we-utterances in American English interactions -- 1. Referentiality and 'we' -- 2. Introduction to the study -- 2.1 Usage-based studies in linguistics -- 2.2 Data and methods -- 3. Distributions and functions of inclusive and exclusive we-utterances -- 3.1 Inclusives -- 3.2 Exclusives -- 4. Modals in inclusive and exclusive we-utterances -- 4.1 Modals of possibility -- 4.2 Modals of obligation -- 4.3 Modals expressing habitual meaning -- 5. Collectivities commonly referred to with we -- 5.1 Classifying collectivities -- 5.2 Functions and properties of collectivity types -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Corpora -- Singular perception, multiple perspectives through 'we' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The (evidential) verbs of perception -- 3. Subjectivity and intersubjectivity -- 4. The data -- 5. We/Wir and evidential verbs of visual and auditory perception -- 5.1 See and sehen -- 5.2 Hear and hören -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Referential and functional aspects of the Norwegian first person plural vi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Relevance theory -- 2.2 Accessibility/activation -- 2.2 A plural set including the speaker -- 3. A sense enumeration approach -- 4. Analyzing authentic Norwegian data -- 5. Discussion and conclusion -- References -- Grammar, interaction, and context -- 1. Introduction.

2. The grammar of the first person plural in Italian -- 2.1 General features -- 2.2 Standard and non-prototypical references -- 3. Referential flexibility and the complex role of context -- 4. (Un)marked use of the first person plural in the construction of identities and expression of emotions/ideology -- 5. Noi in If This is a Man by Primo Levi -- 5.1 Preface -- 5.2 Noi as different aggregations -- 5.3 Unmarked and marked uses -- 5.4 Divergences in the English translation -- 6. Conclusion: A simple word with complex pragmatic configuration -- References -- The pragmatics of first person non-singular pronouns in Norf'k -- 1. Introduction: The language on Norfolk Island -- 2. A social history of Norf'k -- 3. Pronouns, social functions and social identity -- 4. Norfolk identity -- 5. Pronoun choices -- 6. Examination of some statements in Buffett and Laycock's grammar -- 7. Social deixis pronouns of first person non-singular pronouns -- 7.1 Hemmy dual inclusive -- 7.2 Aklan, ucklan paucal and plural insiders -- 7.3 Deictic wi/we -- 7.4 Ouwa, auwa -- 8. Etymology of Norf'k pronouns -- 9. First person non-singular pronouns on the Norfolk Forum chat room -- 10. Conclusions -- References -- Appendix I: Some additional remarks on the grammar and pragmatics of the Norf'k first person non-singular pronouns -- Appendix 2: A poem about Ucklun by George Nobbs: -- Appendix 3: A newspaper editorial on Aklan -- Part II. Interactional perspectives on 'we' -- 'We' as social categorization in Cha'palaa, a language of Ecuador -- 1. Collective pronominal reference and social categorization -- 2. Background on the Chachi people and the Cha'palaa language -- 3. Associational semantics in Cha'palaa grammar -- 4. Social categories and Cha'palaa ethnonyms -- 5. Co-referential relations between pronouns and ethnonyms -- 6. 'We' as social categorization in interaction.

7. Discussion -- References -- Key to abbreviations -- Replying with the freestanding 'we' in Greek conversations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 Subject pronouns in zero-subject languages -- 2.2 Previous work on εμείς -- 2.3 Theoretical frame and data for the present study -- 3. Εμείς in second pair parts to questions -- 3.1 Replies to who-questions -- 3.2 Replies to other questions: εμείς in turn-initial position -- 3.3 Replies to other questions: εμείς in non-first TCU-initial position -- 3.4 Interim summary -- 3.5 Seemingly deviant cases -- 4. Discussion and concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix: Transcription symbols -- Establishing social groups in Hebrew -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and methods -- 3. The different uses of 'we' in Israeli radio phone-in programs -- 3.1 The conversation 'we' -- 3.2 The program 'we' -- 3.3 The delimited social 'we' -- 3.4 The general 'we' -- 3.5 The vocal 'we' -- 4. The categories and their impetus -- 5. The fluidity of the first person plural -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Why 'we'? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ethnogrammar of 'we': Polish my -- 2. Ethnopragmatics of 'we': Polish my -- 3. The keys example -- 4. My: Between solidarity and deference -- 5. Cultural symbolism of my -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Children's use of English we in a primary school in Wales -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Everyday word use and positioning of we -- 3. Social order through category reference -- 4. Presentation and analysis of children's use of we -- 4.1 Exclusion through the use of we -- 4.2 Invitations to play and the use of we -- 4.2.1 "we're playin silly fings" -- 4.3 Legitimate ownership and the use of we -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Part III. Genre-specific perspectives on 'we' -- "Nail polish - We've chosen the nicest shades for you!" -- 1. Introduction.

2. The first person plural in Dutch -- 2.1 Forms -- 2.2 Meanings -- 3. Description and characterization of the corpus texts -- 4. Voices in women's magazines -- 5. Voices and power -- 5.1 The expert position -- 5.2 The synthetic sister position -- 6. Presentation and discussion of extracts from the corpus -- 6.1 Exclusive 'we' -- 6.2 Inclusive 'we' -- 7. Summary and conclusions -- References -- Author positioning and audience addressivity by means of 'we' in Greek academic discourse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous studies on Greek academic discourse -- 3. Materials and methodology -- 3.1 Procedure -- 3.2 Levels of context -- 4. Results -- 4.1 The semantic mappings of plural person reference in academic discourse: An overview -- 5. Frequencies of plural person reference -- 6. Discussion -- 6.1 Pragmatic functions of exclusive 'we' -- 6.2 Explicit audience addressivity by means of inclusive 'we' -- 6.3 Rhetorical possibilities of ambiguous plural person reference -- 7. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Bulgarian 'we' and audience involvement in academic writing -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical framework -- 2.1 Speech act theory -- 2.2 Linguistic means of authorial presence realization -- 2.3 Classification of the functions of micro-speech acts containing the 'we' perspective -- 2.4 Grammatical and semantic properties of the Bulgarian 'we' -- 3. Analysis -- 3.1 Data -- 3.2 General observations -- 3.3 Linguistic realization of the 'we' perspective in Bulgarian academic book reviews -- 3.4 The 'we' perspective functions in micro-speech acts -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- On the use of 'we' in Flemish World War II interviews -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data description -- 3. Quantitative analysis -- 3.1 Exploring the pronouns in the corpus -- 3.2 Zooming in on 'we' -- 4. Qualitative analysis.

4.1 Prevalent pattern of interviewer-interviewee interaction -- 4.2 Defining the referent by means of exclusion: us versus them -- 4.3 Referential fluidity? -- 4.4 Shifts to impersonal constructions -- 5. Discussion and conclusions -- References -- "Judge us on what we do" -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Political discourse in context -- 3. Pronouns in context -- 3.1 Self-reference -- 3.2 Footing -- 4. The communicative functions of we in British political discourse -- 4.1 We in monologic political discourse -- 4.2 We in dialogic political discourse -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.