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 isused to address a superior individual, an older person, or a personof higher social status |
è̩yin | 2nd sg. hon. | - this is a form of pronominal which belongs to a series of freepronouns which occur exclusively in non-verbal clauses and beforeverbs such as dà ‘where is?’, ´nkó̩ ‘what about?’etc.; - in other structures, pronominals can replace ordinary pronounsand then indicate emphasis; - these pronominals behave more like nouns than likepronouns; - used to address a superior individual, an older person or aperson of higher social status |