In languages with great amounts of social stratification, where this stratification has been grammaticalized, consider pronouns and determiners with meanings along the lines of
such a/such __s
a similar thing
the same
Now, consider having pronouns meaning things like
a person of
- the same social status
- similar social status
- different social status
- any social status
So, now we have pronouns signifying:
- statuswise, such a ...
- statuswise, another kind of
- statuswise, a similar kind of
- statuswise, any kind of
This could be an interesting dimension for a language to seep into.
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