ANT102H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pronoun
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Language used in any kind of conversation. And the language used determines how these two people are related to one another. Convey something about who the hearer is. Conveying the relationship between speaker and recipient: pronouns, address terms. But in many other languages speaker selects from more than one form- e. g. french tu, vous. In the earlier forms of english there was a distinction between you and thou. Address terms: sir and fellow: second person pronouns, address terms. Sir , can i make an appointment address terms are grammatically optional- pronouns are not. (pulling a term in but it"s not needed) so what are you doing you are conveying how you feel about that person at the moment. Separated from the sentence not tightly integrated. Hierarchal organized institution being demonstrated through the address term; example of mom saying boy addresser.