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Language and Social Class: Pronouns of Address in Swedish. Working Papers in Sociolinguistics, No. 29.
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Paulston, Christina Bratt – 1975
The Swedish address system is in a state of rapid change. Consequently, Swedes are now more than ever sensitive to the seeming lack of generally accepted rules of usage. This paper attempts to codify the rules for usage of the personal pronouns "du" and "ni." In so doing, it finds that "du" may be used to express…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Dialect Studies, Form Classes (Languages), Language Patterns