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<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>To my
knowledge there is ample literature on pronouns of "power and solidarity"
(French: tu/vous,</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Spanish:
tu/usted, German: Du/Sie).</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I am
always struck and amused by the flowery style of politeness in French business
letters:</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>"Je
sollicite de votre haute bienveillance de bien vouloir m'envoyer ..." might
correspond in</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>English
to "Please send me ...". A French letter ending "Veuillez agréer, chers
Messieurs,</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>l'expression de mes sentiments distingués" might have its English
counterpart in "Sincerely yours."</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>In Jula,
a West African language requests are often formulated as rhetorical questions.
One is</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>always on
the safe side to address someone by his family name, without Mr. If you address
older</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>persons
by their first names, you put them down. It is a must to express respect
for age, so it</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004>is
always good to address someone older as "older brother/sister"
or</SPAN></TT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004>"my
father/mother" even if the older person is not your physical
father</SPAN></TT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004>or
mother. </SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004>Jula wives might address
their </SPAN></TT></FONT></FONT><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>husbands as Matigi (Lord,
Master).</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></TT> </DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Fritz
Goerling</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>
</FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT>Can anyone give<SPAN class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN>examples of <SPAN
class=265280100-07092004><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></TT></DIV>
<DIV><TT><SPAN class=265280100-07092004> </SPAN>(1) pronouns, (2)
particles, (3) affixes, (4) terms of direct<BR>address, (5) greetings (6)
requests, (7) apologies? Are there other sets of<BR>words that function as
honorifics? Is there any literature on the subject?<BR><BR>Ron
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