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| {{#tree:id=nl_SOL|openlevels=0|root=Social Deixis (SOD)| | {{#tree:id=nl_SOL|openlevels=0|root=Social Deixis (SOD)| | ||
| **solidarity (SOL): like-mindedness or similarity of behavioral disposition between a speaker and addressee | **solidarity (SOL): like-mindedness or similarity of behavioral disposition between a speaker and addressee | ||
| *** | ***familiar (FAM): high degree of solidarity | ||
| ***intimate  | ***intimate (ITM): very high degree of solidarity   | ||
| *** | ***polite (PLN): low degree of solidarity | ||
| **status (STS): scale of social standing that is often realized in differing socially deictic linguistic forms | **status (STS): scale of social standing that is often realized in differing socially deictic linguistic forms | ||
| ***equivalent (EVL): equality of status | ***equivalent (EVL): equality of status | ||
| ***inferior  | ***inferior  (IFS): low degree of status | ||
| ***reverential  | ***reverential  (REV): very high status | ||
| ***superior  | ***superior  (SPS): high status | ||
| }} | }} | ||
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| In UNL, the attribute social deixis may assume the following values: | In UNL, the attribute social deixis may assume the following values: | ||
| {{#tree:id= | {{#tree:id=unl_SOL|openlevels=0|root=Social Deixis| | ||
| *@familiar | *@familiar | ||
| *@intimate | *@intimate | ||
Latest revision as of 16:20, 10 March 2010
Social deixis is a category that indicates the social characteristics of, or distinctions between, the participants or referents in a speech event.
Natural language
In the UNLarium framework, social deixis may assume the following values:
{{#tree:id=nl_SOL|openlevels=0|root=Social Deixis (SOD)|
- solidarity (SOL): like-mindedness or similarity of behavioral disposition between a speaker and addressee
- familiar (FAM): high degree of solidarity
- intimate (ITM): very high degree of solidarity
- polite (PLN): low degree of solidarity
 
- status (STS): scale of social standing that is often realized in differing socially deictic linguistic forms
- equivalent (EVL): equality of status
- inferior (IFS): low degree of status
- reverential (REV): very high status
- superior (SPS): high status
 
 
- solidarity (SOL): like-mindedness or similarity of behavioral disposition between a speaker and addressee
}}
Examples
- French
- tu = FAM, vous = PLN
 
UNL
In UNL, the attribute social deixis may assume the following values:
{{#tree:id=unl_SOL|openlevels=0|root=Social Deixis|
- @familiar
- @intimate
- @polite
- @equivalent
- @inferior
- @superior
- @reverential
}}
Examples
- English letter closings
- Yours faithfully = closing.@polite
- Best wishes = closing.@familiar
- Love always = closing.@intimate