Politeness
Definition:
Politeness is social deixis that expresses a low degree of solidarity between the speaker and the addressee.
Examples:
(German, French)
Some uses of the second person pronouns Sie in German and vous in French signal politeness.
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Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.