Status
Definition:
Status is a scale of social standing that is often realized in differing socially deictic linguistic forms.
Examples:
(French, German)
The choice between the second person pronouns tu and vous in French and du and Sie in German indicates same or differing status between the speaker and addressee.
See Also:
Source:
576-577
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.