Reverential Form
Reverential Form
| A reverential form is an expression of that encodes very high status. |
The Latin second person plural pronoun vos was a reverential form for addressing the emperor.
Page/s: 253, 255–256
Source: Brown, R. and Gilman 1960
Brown, Roger, and Albert Gilman. 1960. "The pronouns of power and solidarity." In Sebeok 1960
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Status
Related terms
- RT⇆ Plural Number
- RT⇆ Pronoun
- RT⇆ Second Person Deixis
- RT⇆ Social Deixis
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/reverential-form
