personthird

Personthird is a term used in some linguistic and literary discussions to refer to the third-person perspective and its grammatical and narrative realizations. It is not a widely standardized or universally accepted term; rather, it serves as a descriptive label in cross-disciplinary work that examines how entities are referred to and presented from an external viewpoint.

In grammar, the third person includes pronouns such as he, she, it, they, and the corresponding verb forms in many languages. English marks third person singular with an -s in the present tense: he walks. The third person plural typically uses the base form: they walk. Other languages show wider variation in agreement, pronoun systems, and case marking, illustrating how the third person functions across language families.

In narrative theory, the third-person perspective can be omniscient or limited. An omniscient narrator knows all characters’ thoughts and motives, while a limited third-person viewpoint follows the experience and knowledge of a single character or a small set of characters. This distinction affects narrative distance, information control, and reader engagement, shaping how events and interior states are conveyed.

In contemporary discussions and research notes, personthird may appear as a shorthand or label for analyses focusing on external viewpoints or third-person representations, including in studies of pronoun use, perspective handling in text generation, or human-computer interaction. It is not a standard term in mainstream grammar or literary curricula, but it can function as a useful descriptive tag in specific interdisciplinary contexts.

See also: third person, first person, second person, pronoun, narrative perspective.