The semantics of "Tu" and "Vous" diachronic and synchronic considerations

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dc.contributor.authorDuff, Patricia A
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-13T20:52:30Z
dc.date.available2016-06-13T20:52:30Z
dc.date.issued1980-05
dc.description.abstractOne of the functions of language is to reveal the role relations that exist between speakers. Roles are perceived by individuals, then evaluated in order that information provided by speech acts may be appropriately interpreted by speakers. Part of each speaker's communicative competence is a sophisticated set of rules, specific to one's cultural membership, which determine one's verbal behaviour. It has been observed by various linguists that social structure and grammatical patterns are profoundly linked. With regard to personal pronouns in particular, Friedrich (1963) claims that second person pronouns link abstract properties of a basic grammatical paradigm to a second matrix of culturally specific components of major emotional and social significance. Obligatory address forms are part of a speaker's communicative competence which fuse grammar and social categories in a very interesting way.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationDuff, P. A. (1980). The semantics of "Tu" and "Vous" diachronic and synchronic considerations. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 6(Spring), 11-28.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29018
dc.identifier.issn2371-2643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51290
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLinguisticsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectHistorical linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectSemanticsen_US
dc.subjectFrench languageen_US
dc.subjectPragmaticsen_US
dc.titleThe semantics of "Tu" and "Vous" diachronic and synchronic considerationsen_US
dc.typejournal article
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