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11T-V distinction — In sociolinguistics, a T V distinction describes the situation wherein a language has second person pronouns that distinguish varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity, or insult toward the addressee. History and… …
12Kansai dialect — A label in Kansai ben. The advertisement, Iwashi o tabena akan!, translates as You must eat sardines! …
13Japanese language — Japanese 日本語 Nihongo Nihongo (Japanese) in Japanese script Pronunciation …
14Gender differences in spoken Japanese — The Japanese language is unusual among major languages in the high degree to which the speech of women collectively differs from that of men. Differences in the ways that girls and boys use language have been detected in children as young as… …
15Japanese adjectives — According to many analyses[citation needed], the Japanese language does not have words that function as adjectives in a syntactic sense, i.e. tree diagrams of Japanese sentences can be constructed without employing adjective phrases. However,… …
16Copula (linguistics) — To be redirects here. For the song, see To Be. For to be, or not to be , see To be, or not to be. In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulae or copulas) is a word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement). The… …
17Tagalog language — Tagalog redirects here. For other uses, see Tagalog (disambiguation). Tagalog Wikang Tagalog Spoken in Philippines …
18Gender-neutrality in genderless languages — is typically achieved by using gender inclusive words ( human being , person , businessperson , and so on) instead of gender specific ones ( man , he , businessman , etc.) when one speaks of people whose gender is unknown, ambiguous, or… …
19French name — This article describes the conventions for using people s names in France, including the norms of custom and practice, as well as the legal aspects. Contents 1 Styles and forms of address 1.1 Madame, Mademoiselle, Monsieur 1.2 Military …
20Drehu language — Drehu Spoken in Lifou, New Caledonia Native speakers 11,338 (1996 census)  (date missing) Language family Austronesian Malayo Polynesian …
