Age of Speakers and Selection of Using First and Second Person Pronouns: A Comparative Study of Word Forms and Usage
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The purposes of this article were 1) to study comparably word forms of using first and second person pronouns by different-aged speakers and 2) to compare first and second person pronoun use according to social factors among speakers with different ages. Data was collected by interviewing 2 different-aged groups; 50 samples of young age, the age between 15-20 and 50 samples of old age, the age between 50-55. The results were found that, in terms of word forms and usage in line with social factors of first and second person pronouns in the same communicative situation, the different-aged speakers used different personal pronouns in terms of word forms and frequency of use. Moreover, it could be reflected that the trend of using personal pronouns presented more respect to others and less solidarity.
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