![]() ![]() For a native German speaker, it stands out that in Modern English both “Du” and “Sie” are translated with only one word,you. When comparing the Modern English pronoun paradigm to the Old English one, especially the personal pronouns are worth looking at. The diachronic development of the English language is marked by the loss of nearly all inflections - except for the pronouns’ inflections. 1700- present dayģ Two theories about the usage of thou and youģ.1 Power and Solidarity by Brown and Gilman (1960)ģ.2 Politeness theory by Brown and Levinson (1978)Ĥ Text Analysis: Hamlet by William Shakespeare, 1601Ĥ.1 The Sentinels: Francisco, Bernardo and MarcellusĤ.2 The King, the Queen and the Gentlemenħ Statutory Declaration and Study Skills 1 Introduction 2 The Second Person Pronoun(s) - Definition and HistoryĢ.1 What is a pronoun? - Personal pronounĢ.5 Modern English - c.
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