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Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns
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Binary pronominal politeness distinction
Example 55-31:
to, twa, u, zot
to,
2SGINTIM.
sbj
twa,
2sg
.
intim
.
sbj
u,
2sg
.
pol
zot
2pl
you, you, you, you
Example 55-32:
to/ou pou vini demin?
to/ou
2sg
pou
mod
vini
come
demin?
tomorrow
Will you come tomorrow?
Source:
Kriegel et al. 2008
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Language:
Mauritian Creole
Feature:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns
Source:
Kriegel et al. 2008
: 173
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