| Language: | Yoruba |
| Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
| Value: | Binary politeness distinction |
|
e̩ |
2nd sg. hon. |
- the 2nd pl subject pronoun is used for a polite address; it is used to address a superior individual, an older person, or a person of higher social status |
|
è̩yin |
2nd sg. hon. |
- this is a form of pronominal which belongs to a series of free pronouns which occur exclusively in non-verbal clauses and before verbs such as dà ‘where is?’, ´nkó̩ ‘what about?’ etc.; - in other structures, pronominals can replace ordinary pronouns and then indicate emphasis; - these pronominals behave more like nouns than like pronouns; - used to address a superior individual, an older person or a person of higher social status |