The Use of Pronouns of Power and Solidarity in Turkish

• Main Author: Zülal Balpınar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BÜTEK Boğaziçi Eğitim Turizm Teknopark Uygulama ve Dan. Hiz. San. Tic. A.Ş. 1996-12-01
• Series: Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi
• Subjects: Pronouns
• Online Access: http://dad.boun.edu.tr/issue/4533/290310

Studies in (lie relation between language and culture have sometimes focussed on how a way of life or thought is categorized through words. A second kind of study may focus on the connections between certain grammatical categories and people's notions. The study will fit in the latter category. Second person pronouns used in formal and familiar settings have been analyzed from various points of view. Social psychologists have shown how the usage of the pronouns is connected with altitudes and behavior (Drown and Gilman, 1960). Philologist have produced careful accounts of historical usage in German, French, Russian (Friedrich, 1972). Linguistis on the other hand have been interested in studying and analysing the pronoun systems in various languages. (Lambert 1967), (Ervin-Trip, 1972). and linking them to culturally and socially significant paradigms.