Language and Human Relations

Styles of Address in Contemporary Language

Michael Clyne author Jane Warren author Catrin Norrby author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:17th Feb '11

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

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.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.

ISBN: 9780521182379

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm

Weight: 270g

196 pages