Re: CHAT: Politeness in conlangs
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 10, 1999, 17:58 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
> What I found odd was the use of third-person plural as a
> generic second-person plural.
Have I missed something? Haven't we always been talking about
politeness levels here, not generics?
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