In The Social Register: Pronoun Choice in Norwegian and English

Choice of second-person pronouns can shed light on the intersection of language, personality, and culture. In modern Norway a change has occurred in little more than a generation through which the polite forms De, Dem/Dykk, and Deres/Dykkar have been replaced, in all except commercial, governmental,...

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Main Author: Mills, Carl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics 1988-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/627