Usage of たい in 参照されたい


I found the following in a footnote in an academic text:

> 巻末付録を参照されたい。

Apparently, this is 参照 + さ(未然形 of する) + れ(連用形 of れる) + たい, where れる is
honorific and たい has the following meaning from
[goo](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/132366/meaning/m0u/):

> ３
> 「ある」「である」「なさる」「くださる」や尊敬の助動詞「れる」「られる」に付いて、他に対する希望・要求を表す。…てほしい。「正直者がばかを見ない世の中でありたい」「別表を参照されたい」

Literally, I think it means "I want the reader to refer to the appendix". Does
this usage of たい require an honorific when the meaning is "I want (somebody)
to do (something)"? For example, can you say 参照したい here instead of 参照されたい
without changing the meaning?




> Does this usage of たい require an honorific when the meaning is "I want
> (somebody) to do (something)"?

参照したい only means "I (=author) want to see...". As your dictionary says, this
(ら)れる is important.

This ～されたい is a highly literary and stiff expression, and I think only a few
people use it today. Even in stiff academic articles, ～を参照 or ～を参照のこと is far
more common. Its classical-Japanese version, ～されたし, may be a little more
popular (e.g., "ご注意されたし", "日程を調整されたし"), but no one around me actively use it.
Although it's technically keigo, IMHO, this looks rather blunt/pompous if used
in business emails.

You can combine たい with other (subsidiary) verbs and express "I want somebody
to do something", for example 見てもらいたい, 見て頂きたい, ご出席願いたい.




> Does this usage of たい require an honorific when the meaning is "I want
> (somebody) to do (something)"?

参照したい only means "I (=author) want to see...". As your dictionary says, this
(ら)れる is important.

This ～されたい is a highly literary and stiff expression, and I think only a few
people use it today. Even in stiff academic articles, ～を参照 or ～を参照のこと is far
more common. Its classical-Japanese version, ～されたし, may be a little more
popular (e.g., "ご注意されたし", "日程を調整されたし"), but no one around me actively use it.
Although it's technically keigo, IMHO, this looks rather blunt/pompous if used
in business emails.

You can combine たい with other (subsidiary) verbs and express "I want somebody
to do something", for example 見てもらいたい, 見て頂きたい, ご出席願いたい.

