English
use of the polite pronoun
[Subentry of polite]
French
Source(s):CRYSTAL 20016
NASH 1968184 (polite form)
BROWN & LEVINSON45 (also "V pronoun")
- CRYSTAL, David. (2001) A Dictionary of Language, 2nd Ed Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- NASH, Rose. (1968) Multilingual Lexicon of Linguistics and Philology: English, Russian, German, French. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press.
- BROWN, Penelope & LEVINSON, Stephen C. (1987) Politeness: Some universals in language usage. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
Domain:Sociolinguistics