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This study investigates second-person compound referential expressions that combine noun phrases (NP) and second-person pronouns. A systematic description of these expressions from the syntactic, semantic and discourse perspectives reveals that phrases comprising an NP+second-person pronoun and a second-person pronoun+NP not only merely refer to the second person, but also reflect the speaker’s affective stance. Specifically, second-person compound referential expressions comprising a second-person pronoun+NP tend to reflect the speaker’s mental and emotional distance from the referent; the NP+second-person pronoun expressions serve to demonstrate the speaker’s mental and emotional closeness. This study proposes that speakers use second-person compound referential expressions instead of the corresponding simple expressions to demonstrate the speaker’s subjective stance, thus helping the interaction to proceed more smoothly.
