Overview

How we address one another says a great deal about our social relationships and which groups in society we belong to. This edited volume examines address choices in a range of everyday interactions taking place in Dutch, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Italian and the two national varieties of Swedish, Finland Swedish and Sweden Swedish.  The chapter 'Introduction: Address as Social Action Across Cultures and Contexts' is oepn access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.

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Author:   C. Norrby ,  C. Wide
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Pivot
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.109kg
ISBN:  

9781137529916

ISBN 10:   1137529911
Pages:   151
Publication Date:   05 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Catrin Norrby and Camilla Wide 1. Negotiating Address in a Pluricentric Language: Dutch/Flemish; Roel Vismans 2. Communities of Addressing Practice? Address in Internet Forums Based in German-speaking Countries; Heinz L. Kretzenbacher and Doris Schüpbach 3. At the Cinema: The Swedish 'du-reform' in Advertising Films; Maria Fremer 4. Address and Interpersonal Relationships in Finland-Swedish and Sweden-Swedish Service Encounters; Catrin Norrby, Camilla Wide, Jenny Nilsson and Jan Lindström 5. First Names at Starbucks: A Clash of Cultures?; Johanna Isosävi and Hanna Lappalainen 6. Address in Italian Academic Interactions: The Power of Distance and (Non)-Reciprocity; Maicol Formentelli and John Hajek The Last Word on Address; Jane Warren

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Catrin Norrby, Stockholm University in Sweden Camilla Wide, University of Turku, Finland Maicol Formentelli, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy Maria Fremer, University of Helsinki, Finland John Hajek, University of Melbourne, Australia Johanna Isosävi, University of Turku, Finland Heinz L. Kretzenbacher, University of Melbourne, Australia Hanna Lappalainen, University of Helsinki, Finland Jan Lindström, University of Helsinki, Finland Jenny Nilsson, Institute for Language and Folklore, Gothenburg, Sweden Doris Schüpbach, University of Melbourne, Australia Roel Vismans, University of Sheffield, UK Jane Warren, University of Melbourne, Australia ?

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