In The Social Register: Pronoun Choice in Norwegian and English

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
Subjects:
Norwegian language > Pronouns
English language > Pronouns
Norwegian language > Social aspects
Sociolinguistics
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/627
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spelling doaj-590ff18f03e54e449c31d7674995dde92020-11-25T01:21:15ZengUniversity of Kansas, Department of LinguisticsKansas Working Papers in Linguistics2378-76001988-01-011313313810.17161/KWPL.1808.627In The Social Register: Pronoun Choice in Norwegian and English Mills, CarlChoice 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, or ultra-polite speech, by the familiar forms du, deg/dae, and din. In Brown and Gilman's terms, this change indicates that the dimension of solidarity is more important than that of power in modern Norwegian sociolinguistics, the exact opposite of what the case appears to have been with an earlier, similar change in early modern English. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/627Norwegian language-- PronounsEnglish language-- PronounsNorwegian language-- Social aspectsSociolinguistics
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In The Social Register: Pronoun Choice in Norwegian and English
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
Norwegian language-- Pronouns
English language-- Pronouns
Norwegian language-- Social aspects
Sociolinguistics
author_facet Mills, Carl
author_sort Mills, Carl
title In The Social Register: Pronoun Choice in Norwegian and English
title_short In The Social Register: Pronoun Choice in Norwegian and English
title_full In The Social Register: Pronoun Choice in Norwegian and English
title_fullStr In The Social Register: Pronoun Choice in Norwegian and English
title_full_unstemmed In The Social Register: Pronoun Choice in Norwegian and English
title_sort in the social register: pronoun choice in norwegian and english
publisher University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics
series Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
issn 2378-7600
publishDate 1988-01-01
description 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, or ultra-polite speech, by the familiar forms du, deg/dae, and din. In Brown and Gilman's terms, this change indicates that the dimension of solidarity is more important than that of power in modern Norwegian sociolinguistics, the exact opposite of what the case appears to have been with an earlier, similar change in early modern English.
topic Norwegian language-- Pronouns
English language-- Pronouns
Norwegian language-- Social aspects
Sociolinguistics
url http://hdl.handle.net/1808/627
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