Open AccessSemi-formal address in Slovenian in the light of older written sources
Author(s) -
Alenka Jelovšek
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jezikoslovni zapiski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.265
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1581-1255
pISSN - 0354-0448
DOI - 10.3986/jz.v17i1.2364
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , hierarchy , linguistics , computer science , formal description , social hierarchy , history , sociology , political science , artificial intelligence , programming language , genealogy , philosophy , law
This article presents the development of agreement associated with vi ‘you (pl.)’ of formal address in Slovenian written sources from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries from the perspective of part of speech and with a comparison to Comrie’s agreement hierarchy. It also addresses the issue of the social differentiation role played by semi-formal address (Sln. polvikanje) from the perspective of the speaker and the addressee.