Honorific
An honorific is a grammatical form, typically a word or affix, that is socially deictic It expresses, as at least part of its meaning, the relative social status of the speaker with .
- the addressee
- a bystander, or
- some other referent.
(French)
The second-person pronoun forms tu and vous indicate, as part of their meaning, the speaker’s social status relative to the addressee.
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Broader Terms
- BT↑ Word
More specific terms
- NT4 ↓ Addressee Honorific
- NT4 ↓ Bystander Honorific
- NT4 ↓ Referent Honorific
Related terms
- RT⇆ Addressee
- RT⇆ Referent
- RT⇆ Social Deixis
- RT⇆ Speaker
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