Datapoint Mandarin / Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns

Language:Mandarin
Feature:Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht
Value:Binary politeness distinction

Notes

Personal pronouns are generally avoided in discours, except whena participant has to be highlighted or needs to be specifiedbecause of the expectation of the hearer. The reference grammar by ) does not mention any politenes distinctionsin personal pronouns.

nin

2nd sg. hon

- polite form of nii (2sg) used predominantly in thePeiping dialect of Mandarin

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