title: On the personal pronoun du in the contemporary Danish language
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Gurova, Elena
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-07-15T17:29:35Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-07-15T17:29:35Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2016-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu21.2016.102
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/6787
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article is devoted to the analysis of the main trends in the usage of the
  pronoun du in contemporary Danish. By the early 19th century, the form of address
  had undergone changes and the informal du started contrasting with the polite, reverential De. This opposition had held till the 1960s, when the old system of address
  collapsed. Experts believe that it is the democratization of society, the 1968 youthquake
  and the formation of a welfare state that accounted for this collapse. As the result of
  these changes in society, du becomes the main form of address, irrespective of the
  communicative situation. Although in the 21th century De is still used, the occasions
  of its usage have been considerably reduced. Today, there apparently exists a category
  of Danes who never resort to this pronoun. Since the 1970s the pronoun du has been
  used increasingly frequently instead of the indefinite-personal man, which is the result
  of both the influence of the English language and the afore-mentioned changes in the
  system of address. One of the novel trends in the conversational language is the use of du
  in the emotive function. The analysis of remarks from popular television series shows
  that du used at the end of the sentence starts performing an interjectional function to
  emphasize the purport of the message. The final du is largely used in conversations
  between well-acquainted people. In official situations, when addressing a stranger or a
  virtual stranger, such an address is regarded as impolite, even rude.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Scandinavian Philology;Volume 14; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: second-person personal pronoun
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: speaking etiquette
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: emotive sentences
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: interjection
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: On the personal pronoun du in the contemporary Danish language
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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