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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"address forms"”.
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A linguistic study of forms of address in Kuwaiti colloquial Arabic
… analysis within a sociolinguistic framework of forms of address in Kuwaiti colloquial Arabic. The thesis consists of four main parts and three appendixes. Part One is devoted to an account of the social and linguistic background, methods of data collection, followed by a chapter on theoretical …
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An analysis of the persuasion strategies used by Japanese and American business persons
… elements, such as uses of honorifics, address forms, and hedges were introduced. While the American and Japanese business people demonstrated similar persuasion strategies, careful analysis of data suggested that an American value of respecting individuality was reflected in strategies …
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Pronouns of address in informal contexts: a comparison of two dialects of Colombian Spanish
The paradigm of forms of address in Modern Spanish is subject to dialectal variation. Many Latin American varieties of Spanish, i.e. Costa Rican, Argentinean, Chilean, among others, display a tripartite system of second person pronouns comprised of tú, usted and vos. The case of Colombian Spanish …
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From deference to face: the evolution of usted in Costa Rican Spanish
… the evolution of the second person singular address pronouns in Costa Rican Spanish, from the 16th to the 20th centuries. The analysis is built around two time periods, the first from the 16th to the 18th centuries and the second period covers the 19th century and the first half of the 20th …