Grammatical encoding of the social position and the level of intimacy between the speaker, the hearer, and others; more specifically, honorifics grammatically encode a higher social status. This can be seen in Romance languages such as French in the...

// n. or adj. A distinctive grammatical or lexical form used conventionally, and often obligatorily in certain contexts, to express respect towards someone other than the speaker. An example is the Japanese prefix o-, attached to nouns, adjectives and...

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An honorific is a word or expression that conveys esteem or respect and is used in addressing or referring to a person. "Honorific" may refer broadly to the style of language or particular words used, or, as in this article, to specific words used to...