Language and Human Relations

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

Auteur

Michael Clyne is an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne. Catrin Norrby is an Associate Professor and Reader in Swedish in the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne. Jane Warren is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne.

Résumé
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.

Contenu

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