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Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns
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Binary pronominal politeness distinction
Example 4-25:
Gaanman, u/*i mu yeepi den sama ya.
Gaanman,
paramount.chief
u/*i
2pl
/
2sg
mu
must
yeepi
help
den
det
.
pl
sama
person
ya.
dem
Chief, you should help these people.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Language:
Nengee
Feature:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns
Source:
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 462
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