second-person

This term functions as a technical descriptor in linguistics and literary theory. It creates an immediate bridge between the creator and the audience, shifting the focus from an external observer or a self-reflective narrator to the recipient of the communication. In narrative fiction, this choice is rare and often creates an immersive, sometimes unsettling effect by forcing the reader to inhabit the role of the character.

As a noun, the term refers to a grammatical category. While it can be used in the plural to discuss multiple instances of this grammatical person across different languages, it is most frequently treated as a singular conceptual category in linguistic analysis.