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Example 7-42
yo; yu; aayo; yaal
yo,
2
yu,
2
aa-yo,
all-2
y-aal
2-all
Intimate or non-intimate person(s) addressed.
Comment:
Note that in the mesolectal variety there will be an avoidance of
aayo
and preference for
yaal
. This is due to register adjustment rather than an intimate/non-intimate distinction.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: No pronominal politeness distinction
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