The Semantics and Pragmatics of Address forms in Persian

In Persian, there is a tendency to use plural pronouns instead of singular pronouns in order to show respect and politeness to either the addressee or some other individual referred to (2nd or 3rd person). The choice of such plural or singular forms (called T-V forms by Brown and Gilman 1966) in Per...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mahmoodan, Atena
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for språk og litteratur 2013
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-26739