... model of formal and informal address in English Manaal FaruquiComputer Science and EngineeringIndian Institute of TechnologyKharagpur, Indiamanaalfar@gmail.comSebastian PadóInstitute of Computational ... (Yarowsky and Ngai, 2001; Hwa et al.,2005; Bentivogli and Pianta, 2005).The phenomenon of formal and informal ad-dress has been considered in the contexts of transla-tion into (Hobbs and Kameyama, ... social standing, and implies solidarity or lack of formality. English used to have a T/V distinction until the18th century, using you as V pronoun and thoufor T. However, in contemporary English, ...