▁|| col span = 6 | ▁' He ▁burn ed ▁the ▁h ut .' ▁( O sum i , ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁p .   4 2 ) ▁| } ▁ ▁While ▁h ê rr ê ▁is ▁typically ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁humans , ▁the ▁imp erson al ▁pron oun ▁va ▁is ▁used ▁similarly ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁non - human ▁refer ents , ▁though ▁this ▁is ▁not ▁always ▁the ▁case ▁( O sum i , ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁p .   4 3 ). ▁Va ▁behav es ▁much ▁as ▁the ▁English ▁pron oun s ▁it ▁and ▁that ▁in so far ▁as ▁they ▁can ▁refer ▁to ▁both ▁particular ▁things ▁( e . g . ▁Did ▁it ▁b ite ▁you ? ; ▁What ' s ▁that ▁over ▁there ?) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁propos itions ▁( e . g . ▁It ' s ▁the ▁truth .; ▁That ' s ▁a ▁lie .), ▁as ▁demonstrated ▁below ▁( O sum i , ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁p .   4 3 ). ▁ ▁{ | ▁| ▁( 6 ) ▁|| va || re || radio ▁| - ▁| ▁|| I MP N || ASS || radio ▁| - ▁| ▁|| col span = 6 | ▁' That ▁must ▁be ▁a ▁radio .' ▁( O sum i , ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁p .   4 3 ) ▁| } ▁ ▁{ | ▁| ▁( 7 ) ▁|| va || see || ê rr ê - hav ari ▁|