Language and Human Relations: Styles of Address in Contemporary Language - Brossura

Clyne, Michael

 
9780521182379: Language and Human Relations: Styles of Address in Contemporary Language

Sinossi

Exploring practices in the family, school, the workplace, this book investigates the varied ways people choose to address one another.

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Descrizione del libro

Exploring practices in the family, school, university, the workplace and in letters, this book reveals patterns in the varied ways people choose to address one another, from pronouns to first names, from honorifics to titles and last names. The authors use examples from English, French, German and Swedish.

Contenuti

1. Introduction; 2. Multiple approaches for a complex issue; 3. Contextualising address choice; 4. Institutions, domains and medium; 5. National variation; 6. Conclusions.

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9780521870627: Language and Human Relations: Styles of Address in Contemporary Language

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521870623 ISBN 13:  9780521870627
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009
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