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Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns
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No pronominal politeness distinction
Example 8-22:
Misa Broun, yu no nuo a wa dem a du.
Misa
Mr.
Broun,
Brown
yu
2sg
no
neg
nuo
know
a
foc
wa
what
dem
3pl
a
prog
du.
do
Mr. Brown, you don't know what they're doing.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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