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Value No pronominal politeness distinction
Language:
Reunion Creole
Parameter:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns
References
Chaudenson 1974
: 333-4
;
Staudacher-Valliamée 2004
: 68
Examples
Mon garson, i di, ou i em byin mon fiy?
Mon
1sg
.
poss
garson,
boy
i
fin
di,
say
ou
2sg
i
fin
em
love
byen
well
mon
1sg
.
poss
fiy?
daughter
Young man, he says, do you love my daughter?
French:
Mon garçon, dit-il, tu aimes (bien) ma fille?
See
Barat et al. 1977
: 56
Ousa ti arèt toué?
Ousa
where
ti
2sg
.
fin
aret
stay
twe?
2sg
Where do you live?
French:
Où est-ce que tu habites, toi?
See
Cellier 1982
: 44
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