T–V distinction
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t-v-distinction-164-10721333
title:
T–V distinction
text:
The T–V distinction is the contextual use of different pronouns that exists in some languages and serves to convey formality or familiarity. Its name comes from the Latin pronouns tu and vos. The distinction takes a number of forms and indicates varying levels of politeness, familiarity, courtesy, age or even insult toward the addressee. The field that studies and describes this phenomenon is sociolinguistics. Many languages lack this type of distinction, instead relying on other morphological o
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Formality distinction feature of some languages
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%E2%80%93V_distinction
date created:
2002-08-20T01:10:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T09:44:00Z
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