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English-German dictionary of linguistics and dialectology. 2014.
English-German dictionary of linguistics and dialectology. 2014.
Honorific speech in Japanese — The Japanese language has many honorifics, parts of speech which show respect, and their use is mandatory in many social situations. Honorifics in Japanese may be used to emphasize social distance or disparity in rank, or to emphasize social… … Wikipedia
Honorific titles in popular music — Honorific titlescite news url=http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/honorific title=Merriam Webster Definition: Honorific publisher=Merriam Online Dictionary accessdate=2008 07 29 ( Belonging to or constituting a class of grammatical forms… … Wikipedia
Honorific — An honorific is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. Honorific may refer broadly to the style of language or particular words or grammatical markings used in this way, including… … Wikipedia
honorific — adj. & n. adj. 1 conferring honour. 2 (esp. of Oriental forms of speech) implying respect. n. an honorific form of words. Derivatives: honorifically adv. Etymology: L honorificus (as HONOUR) … Useful english dictionary
Japanese honorifics — This article is about titles and honorifics in Japan. For more on the implementation of honorifics in the Japanese language, see Honorific speech in Japanese. The Japanese language uses a broad array of honorific suffixes for addressing or… … Wikipedia
Japanese language — Japanese 日本語 Nihongo Nihongo (Japanese) in Japanese script Pronunciation … Wikipedia
Kansai dialect — A label in Kansai ben. The advertisement, Iwashi o tabena akan!, translates as You must eat sardines! … Wikipedia
T–V distinction — In sociolinguistics, a T–V distinction is a contrast, within one language, between second person pronouns that are specialized for varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity, or insult toward the addressee. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
Gender differences in spoken Japanese — The Japanese language is unusual among major languages in the high degree to which the speech of women collectively differs from that of men. Differences in the ways that girls and boys use language have been detected in children as young as… … Wikipedia
Korean honorifics — Infobox Korean name caption= hangul=높임말 / 경어 hanja= none / linktext|敬|語 rr=nopimmal / gyeong eo mr=nopimmal /kyŏng ŏThe Korean language reflects the important observance of a speaker or writer s relationships with both the subject of the sentence … Wikipedia
T-V distinction — In sociolinguistics, a T V distinction describes the situation wherein a language has second person pronouns that distinguish varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity, or insult toward the addressee. History and… … Wikipedia