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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
***familiarity (FAM): high degree of solidarity
***familiar (FAM): high degree of solidarity
***intimate social deixis (ITM): very high degree of solidarity  
***intimate (ITM): very high degree of solidarity  
***politeness (PLN): low 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 status (IFS): low degree of status
***inferior (IFS): low degree of status
***reverential form (REV): very high status
***reverential (REV): very high status
***superior status (SPS): high status
***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=nl_SOL|openlevels=0|root=Social Deixis|
{{#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

}}

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