Addressee
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In linguistics
, an addressee is an intended direct recipient of the speaker's communication. A listener is either an addressee or a bystander.
Second-person pronouns refer to an addressee or a group including an addressee. An inclusive
first-person pronoun refers to a group including both the speaker and the addressee, while an exclusive first-person pronoun refers to a group including the speaker but not the addressee.
A speaker can show politeness, familiarity, or a difference of social status to the addressee. This is called an addressee honorific. See also T-V distinction
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In postal terms, an addressee is the intended direct recipient of a letter or parcel.
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, an addressee is an intended direct recipient of the speaker's communication. A listener is either an addressee or a bystander.
Second-person pronouns refer to an addressee or a group including an addressee. An inclusive
Clusivity
In linguistics, clusivity is a distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person pronouns and verbal morphology, also called inclusive "we" and exclusive "we"...
first-person pronoun refers to a group including both the speaker and the addressee, while an exclusive first-person pronoun refers to a group including the speaker but not the addressee.
A speaker can show politeness, familiarity, or a difference of social status to the addressee. This is called an addressee honorific. See also T-V distinction
T-V distinction
In sociolinguistics, a T–V distinction is a contrast, within one language, between second-person pronouns that are specialized for varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity, or insult toward the addressee....
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In postal terms, an addressee is the intended direct recipient of a letter or parcel.