Politeness Pressure on Grammar: The Case of First and Second Person Pronouns and Address Terms in Korean

Grammar is constantly emergent as an aggregate whole of discourse tendencies that are present in language use between interlocutors, hence the notion ‘emergent grammar’ (Hopper 1987). These tendencies are formed by diverse discursive needs, including the need to signal politeness, which is assumed t...

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Main Author: Seongha Rhee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2019-12-01
Series:Russian Journal of Linguistics
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/viewFile/22526/17612