Language and Human Relations: Styles of Address in Contemporary Language - Couverture souple

Clyne, Michael

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

Synopsis

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

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

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521870623 ISBN 13 :  9780521870627
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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