Styles of Address in Contemporary Language
by
Michael Clyne, Catrin Norrby, Jane Warren
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2009
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...