<persPronouns>

<persPronouns> (personal pronouns) indicates the personal pronouns used, or assumed to be used, by the individual being described. [13.3.2.1 Personal Characteristics]
Module namesdates — Names, Dates, People, and Places
Attributes
evidence⚓︎ (evidence) indicates support for the listed personal pronouns.
Status Recommended
Datatype teidata.enumerated
Suggested values include:
conjecture
(conjecture) The given value was selected based on assumptions by someone besides the person to whom this pronoun applies. As a result, the value may be erroneous.
selfIdentification
(self identification) The given value has been explicitly stated or confirmed by the person to whom this pronoun applies.
trustedThirdParty
(trusted third party) The given value has been supplied by another individual trusted by the encoder to know the preferences of the person to whom this pronoun applies.
calendar⚓︎ indicates one or more systems or calendars to which the date represented by the content of this element belongs.
Deprecated This feature will be withdrawn after 2024-11-11
Status Optional
Datatype 1–∞ occurrences of teidata.pointer separated by whitespace
Schematron

<sch:rule context="tei:*[@calendar]">
<sch:assert test="string-length( normalize-space(.) ) gt 0"> @calendar indicates one or more
systems or calendars to which the date represented by the content of this element belongs,
but this <sch:name/> element has no textual content.</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>
value⚓︎ (value) supplies a regularized value for personal pronouns.
Status Recommended
Datatype 1–∞ occurrences of teidata.enumerated separated by whitespace
Sample values include:
e
(e) e/eirs
he
(he) he/him/his
she
(she) she/her/hers
they
(they) they/them/theirs
Note

The sample values list shown here is intended to be reflective of English usage. There is nothing restricting users from defining lists reflective of other languages, e.g. elle, il, and ils.

Member of
Contained by
analysis: cl phr s span
figures: cell figDesc
iso-fs: fDescr fsDescr
linking: ab seg
spoken: u writing
tagdocs: eg valDesc
verse: metSym rhyme
May contain
Example
<person>
 <persName>
  <forename>SUE</forename>
  <addName>the T. rex</addName>
 </persName>
 <residence>The Field Museum. Chicago, Illinois, United States.</residence>
 <sex value="0"/>
 <persPronouns value="they">they/them</persPronouns>
 <note>
  <cit>
   <quote>Specimen FMNH PR 2081. Legendary Fossil. Apex
       Predator. National Treasure. <emph style="text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:0.25rem;">Murderbird.</emph>
   </quote>
   <bibl>SUEtheTrex, Twitter biography.
   <ptr target="https://twitter.com/SUEtheTrex"/>.
       Accessed <date when="2020-03-25">March 25th, 2020</date>.</bibl>
  </cit>
 </note>
</person>
Example
<docAuthor>
 <persName>Lal Zimman</persName>
 <persPronouns value="he">(he/him/his)</persPronouns>
 <ref target="#Name">(FAQ)</ref>
 <persName type="IPA">[lɑɫ ˈzimn̩]</persName>
 <email>zimman at ucsb dot edu</email>
 <roleName>Assistant Professor of Linguistics</roleName>
 <roleName>Affiliated Faculty in Feminist Studies</roleName>
 <address>
  <addrLine>South Hall 3518</addrLine>
  <addrLine>University of California, Santa Barbara</addrLine>
 </address>
</docAuthor>
Content model
<content>
 <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</content>
Schema Declaration
<rng:element name="persPronouns">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.rendition.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.linking.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.analytic.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.facs.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.change.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.responsibility.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.global.source.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.w3c.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.iso.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.datable.custom.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="evidence">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>conjecture</rng:value>
    <rng:value>selfIdentification</rng:value>
    <rng:value>trustedThirdParty</rng:value>
    <rng:ref name="teidata.enumerated"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="calendar">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="teidata.pointer"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="value">
   <rng:list>
    <rng:oneOrMore>
     <rng:ref name="teidata.enumerated"/>
    </rng:oneOrMore>
   </rng:list>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element persPronouns
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.global.rendition.attributes,
   att.global.linking.attributes,
   att.global.analytic.attributes,
   att.global.facs.attributes,
   att.global.change.attributes,
   att.global.responsibility.attributes,
   att.global.source.attributes,
   att.datable.attributes,
   att.datable.w3c.attributes,
   att.datable.iso.attributes,
   att.datable.custom.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   attribute evidence
   {
      "conjecture"
    | "selfIdentification"
    | "trustedThirdParty"
    | teidata.enumerated
   }?,
   attribute calendar { list { teidata.pointer+ } }?,
   attribute value { list { teidata.enumerated+ } }?,
   macro.phraseSeq
}