Solidarity
Definition:
Solidarity is a scale of perceived like-mindedness or similarity of behavioral disposition between a speaker and addressee deriving from their similar:
- backgrounds
- acquaintance, or
- personal characteristics, such as sex.
In some languages, solidarity affects the choice of expressions of social deixis.
Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.