The Social Dynamics of Pronominal Systems : A Comparative Approach.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (328 pages)
- Pragmatics and Beyond New Series ; v.304 .
- Pragmatics and Beyond New Series .
Intro -- The Social Dynamics of Pronominal Systems -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Aim and scope of the book -- The political sensitivity of pronominal systems -- Contents and prospects -- References -- 1. N-V-T, a framework for the analysis of social dynamics in address pronouns -- Note -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The N dimension -- 3. T and V encoders: pronominal or nominal? -- 4. Vertical axis and horizontal mobility -- 4.1 Learning from the past -- 4.2 Moving into the future -- 4.2.1 N for solidarity -- 4.2.2 T and V ambiguities -- 5. English 'you'… and the other languages -- 5.1 Possible misunderstandings -- 5.2 Delicate compromises -- 5.3 Solidarity or power? -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- 2. When 'we' means 'you' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature -- 2.1 Stance -- 2.2 Clusivity, stance and the pronominal system -- 2.3 Control acts, compliments and criticism -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Qualitative analysis -- 5. Quantitative analysis -- 6. Discussion -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- 3. A socio-semiotic approach to the personal pronominal system in Brazilian Portuguese -- Overview -- Subject or nominative pronouns -- Person 1 -- Person 2, person 5 and other forms of addressing -- Non-person 3 and non-person 6 -- Person 4 -- Direct object or accusative pronouns -- Indirect object or dative pronouns -- Reflexive pronouns -- Pronouns with prepositions -- Impersonal subject: 'se' -- Final remarks -- References -- 4. Address pronouns and alternatives -- Introduction -- Behind today's second-person system - English and Portuguese -- Today's second-person system in the Anglophone world -- Today's second-person system in the Lusophone world -- N-V-T dynamics -- Translating from Portuguese -- Preparing for the job -- On the job -- Learning from the job -- Translating from English. Preparing for the job -- On the job -- Learning from the job -- Concluding remarks -- References -- 5. T-V address practices in Italian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Contemporary address practises in Italian -- 3. A historical survey -- 4. Caveats -- 5. Research questions and hypotheses -- 6. Corpora -- 7. Methodology -- 8. Presentation of the results -- 8.1. Diachronic analysis -- 8.2 Diatopic analysis -- 8.3 Diastratic analysis -- 9. Men are politer than women -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 6. Forms and functions of the French personal pronouns in social interactions and literary texts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pronouns as tools of sociality -- 3. The third person -- 4. Personal pronouns as speech acts -- 5. The creative use of pronouns in literary texts -- References -- 7. The dynamics of Nepali pronominal distinctions in familiar, casual and formal relationships -- The second person in Nepali -- Growing up in a pronominal world -- Talking to the in-laws -- Society as one big family -- The awkward self -- Royal or courtly forms -- Grammar and history repeat themselves -- References -- 8. The Chinese pronominal system and identity construction via self-reference -- Introduction -- 1. The Chinese pronominal system -- 2. Self-reference and identity construction -- 2.1 Identity foregrounding -- 2.2 'ad hoc' identity construction -- 3. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9. Pronouns in an 18th century Chinese novel -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Chinese pronouns and attitudes -- 1.2 Data and methodology -- 2. First-person pronouns -- 2.1 First-person plural pronouns referring to single referents -- 2.1.1 Indicating difference -- 2.1.2 Indicating lower status -- 2.1.3 Indicating negative attitude -- 2.1.4 Indicating avoidance -- 3. Second-person pronouns -- 3.1. Second-person plural referring to single referents. 3.2 Second-person singular pronouns referring to plural referents -- 4. Third-person pronouns -- 4.1 Third-person plural pronouns referring to single referents -- 4.2 Third-person singular pronouns referring to plural referents -- 5. Summary and conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 10. Me, myself, and 'ako' -- Introduction -- Introducing the data -- Locating the I and the ako in Taglish tweets -- 1. Codeswitching as social and structural -- 2. The dialogical emergence and signification of I and ako -- Concluding thoughts -- References -- 11. Address, reference and sequentiality in Indonesian conversation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of person terms in indonesian -- 3. Position of Address relative to sequence-initiating action -- 4. Explicit use of reference terms -- 5. Ambiguity between address and reference -- 6. Address does not always mean expected recipiency -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 12. Pronouns in affinal avoidance registers -- Introduction -- Affine avoidance in language -- Aslian languages and cultures -- Affines and pronouns: evidence from six speech communities -- Jahai -- Ceq Wong -- Semaq Beri -- Semelai -- Mah Meri -- Temiar -- Discussion -- Affine paradigms: similarities and diversity in categorial strategies -- Systemic similarities and differences -- Ritual aspects -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Index.
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Forms of address. Grammar, Comparative and general-Pronoun. Interpersonal communication.