Social deixis
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**solidarity (SOL): like-mindedness or similarity of behavioral disposition between a speaker and addressee | **solidarity (SOL): like-mindedness or similarity of behavioral disposition between a speaker and addressee | ||
− | *** | + | ***familiar (FAM): high degree of solidarity |
− | ***intimate | + | ***intimate (ITM): very high degree of solidarity |
− | *** | + | ***polite (PLN): low degree of solidarity |
**status (STS): scale of social standing that is often realized in differing socially deictic linguistic forms | **status (STS): scale of social standing that is often realized in differing socially deictic linguistic forms | ||
***equivalent (EVL): equality of status | ***equivalent (EVL): equality of status | ||
− | ***inferior | + | ***inferior (IFS): low degree of status |
− | ***reverential | + | ***reverential (REV): very high status |
− | ***superior | + | ***superior (SPS): high status |
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Latest revision as of 18:20, 10 March 2010
Social deixis is a category that indicates the social characteristics of, or distinctions between, the participants or referents in a speech event.
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Natural language
In the UNLarium framework, social deixis may assume the following values:
Examples
- French
- tu = FAM, vous = PLN
UNL
In UNL, the attribute social deixis may assume the following values:
Examples
- English letter closings
- Yours faithfully = closing.@polite
- Best wishes = closing.@familiar
- Love always = closing.@intimate