In linguistics, N-V-T, as published in 2014, is a framework of analysis for the assessment of address pronouns and alternatives. It has since then been cited in studies that involve a wide variety of languages, amongst them English, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Portuguese and Spanish. Review comments on a subsequent publication of N-V-T in 2019 mention the value of N for a neutral choice not only in English, with pronoun "you", but also in other languages and by resorting to different techniques.
N-V-T adds N to the T-V distinction, which is based on a 1960 work. In this binary model, T is associated with familiarity or informality and V with politeness or formality; and the two options are related to factors power and solidarity. N-V-T presents a theoretical tool of evaluation where dynamics are taken into account between three possibilities - N, V and T - thus catering for several features that have been identified in scholarly works, such as a neutral, unmarked approach; types and roles of nominal T and V; grades of T and V; seeking a ‘default’ form; semantic ambiguities and covert meanings.
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