Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Referent Honorific

Definition: 

A referent honorific is an honorific for which both the referent and the target of the expression of relative social status are the same.
Examples: 

(French) Both the referent and target of expression of the second person pronouns tu [familiar] and vous [polite] are the addressee.

See Also: 
Referent
Status
Second Person Deixis
Pronoun
Addressee
Source: 
Levinson 1983
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This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

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Glossary Hierarchy

  • Constituent
  • Construction
  • Word
  • Honorific
  • Referent Honorific