What type of term is used to convey or imply a status difference between the speaker and the person being referred to or addressed?

A. formal addresses, but sociolinguists rarely pay attention to them, because their use in a social situation is always a result of linguistic exploitation
B. honorifics
C. style shifts
D. diglossia
E. linguistic relational


Answer: B

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