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Direct linkDewaele, Jean-Marc – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2004
Sociolinguistic rules governing choice of pronouns of address are notoriously difficult in French, despite the fact that the number of variants is rather limited: the more formal "vous" versus the more informal "tu." Children with French as L1 learn to use pronouns of address appropriately as part of their socialization process. The learning curve…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, French, Sociolinguistics, Form Classes (Languages)
