Today and ever since human beings interacted, addressing each other
constituted a vital part of communication. Over time most languages
of Indo-European origin developed distinctive forms of address,
mostly by means of binary systems comprising a polite and an
informal form. The English system of address pronouns, on the other
hand, is characterised by the unique development of the plural
pronoun 'you' virtually ousting its singular counterpart 'thou'.
This work looks into this development with regard to linguistic,
social, historical, and literary aspects. The main part of the work
thus focuses on the history of English address pronouns from Old
English to the present day. A diachronic description of the High
German address pronoun system, distinguishing itself by going
through an extreme variety of forms from its origins up to its
modern standard usage, shall serve as a basis for a comparative
analysis of the two systems and shed light on the immense influence
social and historical factors have on language. 'You and Thou'
addresses students of diachronic linguistics as well as anybody
interested in the history of English and German, and particularly
their address term systems.
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