Honorifics
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As forms of social deixis engaging linguistic structure with social function, linguistic honorifics offer a rich field of investigation for students of pragmatics. Recent developments in research have deepened the theoretical basis of our understanding of honorifics. They have also shown that honorific phenomena are more widespread in the world’s languages, more various in form, and more creatively deployed, than was once supposed.
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