The Use of the Honorific Suffix -si- for Non-human Subjects: An Analysis of Talk-shows by Sang-Seok Yoon

“…This so-called ‘misuse’ is especially common in service sectors, where businesses aim to show extreme politeness to customers. Public media criticizes this trend, arguing that it improperly elevates inanimate objects rather than people. …”
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Sobre medios, masa, cultura popular en las crónicas de Carlos Monsiváis by María Ángela Cifuentes

“…Igualmente se atiende al particular estilo híbrido de su escritura, así como a la importancia que tiene la paradoja como recurso en su labor crítica respecto a las relaciones de poder y al traspaso de fronteras de dicotomías.Mexican writer Carlos Monsiváis is one of the most highly recognized intellectuals today for his work as the chronicler of Mexico City, essayist, analyst of the mass media, critic of culture and society in Latin America and, above all, in Mexico. …”
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