Местоименните форми за обръщение ти и Вие в речевия етикет на съвременните българи и холандци

The article presents similarities and differences in the use of pronominal forms of address in Bulgarian and Dutch. The cultural and the historical development of the speakers of these two languages have led to essential differences, and similarities in some cases and in certain speech situations. This fact reflects the different mentality of Bulgarians and Dutchmen projected as a national and cultural peculiarity of Bulgarian and Dutch. Sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic approaches in exploring the subject enable the direct use of the results of observations in such spheres as translation, foreign language teaching and in the discussion of problems of the complex acquisition of language and culture.