The semantics and pragmatics of honorification : register and social meaning / Elin McCready.

This book explores the semantics and pragmatics of honorifics, expressions that indicate the degree of formality that a speaker feels is required in interacting with another person. Although these expressions are found in many languages worldwide, this volume is the first to approach the area from t...

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Main Author: McCready, Elin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies in semantics and pragmatics ; 11.
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