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Certain languages use different pronouns for we depending on whether the listener is included
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COMMON KNOWLEDGE
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The distinction between inclusive and exclusive 'we' pronouns is a well-documented linguistic typology found across many language families worldwide, making it common knowledge that does not require a citation.

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The claim is a well-known linguistic fact (the inclusive/exclusive distinction in first-person plural pronouns). None of the retrieved papers specifically target or test this exact linguistic universal as their main thesis, though the phenomenon is textbook typology. Since it is a matter of direct linguistic observation and common knowledge, no citations are strictly needed to support it.

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  1. Some structural aspects of language are more stable than others: a comparison of seven methods.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Euclid: The Early Release Observations Lens Search Experimentpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Explanations of Large Language Models Explain Language Representations in the Brainpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Comparative Expression Analysis of Human Endogenous Retrovirus Elements in Peripheral Blood of Children with Specific Language Impairmentpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Morphology in Arawak Languagespeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Syntactic change in diachrony versus contact-induced change: two sides of the same coin?peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Evaluating the phylogenetic signal of morphosyntax.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Zooming in and out of semantics: proximal-distal construal levels and prominence hierarchies.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. A word order typology of adnominal person.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Autorenpräsenz in wissenschaftlichen Fachartikeln: Ein sprach- und disziplinübergreifender Vergleich zwischen Englisch und Deutschpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Experience Scaling: Post-Deployment Evolution For Large Language Modelspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. An adaptive split-combine Gaussian mixture filter for nonlinear and multimodal state estimationpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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first checked06 Aug 2026
judged → COMMON KNOWLEDGE · 006 Aug 2026
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