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

Clyne, Michael; Norrby, Catrin; Warren, Jane

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0521870623 ISBN 13: 9780521870627

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

The way in which people address one another is crucial to expressing social relationships and is closely linked with cultural values. In English we call some people by their first names, and others 'Mr' or 'Ms', followed by their surname. In some other languages there are different ways of saying 'you' depending on the degree of social distance. 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. Examples are taken from contemporary English, French, German and Swedish, using rich data from focus group research, interviews, chat groups, and participant observation.

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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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521870623
• ISBN 13: 9780521870627
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 196