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Re: "Register" a grammatical term

From:R A Brown <ray@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 18:18
Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
> I just wondered if "register" was ever used to > refer to the familiar/honorific axis of grammar.
As in Japanese or, indeed, the second person pronoun in many European languages.
> I seem to remember so but it might be that I came up with it myself.
I've checked both Trask & Crystal and both give definitions of _honorific_ as a grammatical term. But neither of them use the word 'register' in their definitions nor, indeed, do either define 'familiar' as a grammatical term. -- Ray ================================== http://www.carolandray.plus.com ================================== Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora. [William of Ockham]