Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Pronouns are short words like 'it', 'she', 'he', 'you', 'we', 'they', 'us' and 'them'. They are used to describe ...

It is hardly surprising that the theme of ‘freedom’ plays a role in history and philosophy – but what about in linguistics? We asked Hielke Vriesendorp.