Open AccessHow language shapes interpersonal distance: An analysis of pronominal forms of address in Spanish, Polish and Italian
Author(s) -
М. Баран,
Ewa Urbaniak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
beyond philology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2451-1498
pISSN - 1732-1220
DOI - 10.26881/bp.2021.3.05
Subject(s) - typology , linguistics , romance languages , personal pronoun , slavic languages , interpersonal communication , contrastive analysis , computer science , psychology , sociology , communication , philosophy , anthropology
The aim of the present article is to compare the formal and functional aspects of pronominal forms of address in three languages: Spanish, Polish and Italian. The classic typology of the category analysed divides it in two groups: the T-forms applied in the conversations between the participants of symmetrical relations and the V-forms considered reverential and asymmetrical. The present study demonstrates and analyses the pronominal systems in two Romance languages, Spanish and Italian, and a Slavic language, Polish. We classify the pronouns according to the confidentiality/distance parameter, showing the similarities and differences between the formal characteristics, as well as the socio-cultural factors that determine the election of determined pronominal form of address.