In some languages, a speaker demonstrates politeness towards an addressee by completely avoiding the usage of 2nd person pronouns.  Formal titles and expressions are employed instead.  This occurs most commonly in East and Southeast Asian languages. [EXAMPLE] 

<br><br><b>Reference</b><br>
Helmbrecht, Johannes. 2008. Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns.
In Haspelmath et al (2008), chapter 45. Available online at <a href="http://wals.info/feature/45">
http://wals.info/feature/45</a href>.
