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Address Practice As Social Action

European Perspectives

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Catrin Norrby

    1. Stockholm University, Sweden

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  2. Camilla Wide

    1. University of Turku, Finland

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. OPEN Introduction: Address as Social Action Across Cultures and Contexts

    • Catrin Norrby, Camilla Wide
    Pages 1-12Open Access

  3. Negotiating Address in a Pluricentric Language: Dutch/Flemish

    • Roel Vismans
    Pages 13-32

  4. Communities of Addressing Practice? Address in Internet Forums Based in German-Speaking Countries

    • Heinz L. Kretzenbacher, Doris Schüpbach
    Pages 33-53

  5. At the Cinema: The Swedish ‘du-reform’ in Advertising Films

    • Maria Fremer
    Pages 54-74

  6. Address and Interpersonal Relationships in Finland-Swedish and Sweden-Swedish Service Encounters

    • Catrin Norrby, Camilla Wide, Jenny Nilsson, Jan Lindström
    Pages 75-96

  7. First Names in Starbucks: A Clash of Cultures?

    • Johanna Isosävi, Hanna Lappalainen
    Pages 97-118

  8. Address in Italian Academic Interactions: The Power of Distance and (Non)-Reciprocity

    • Maicol Formentelli, John Hajek
    Pages 119-140

  9. The Last Word on Address

    • Jane Warren
    Pages 141-146

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 147-151
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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. 



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Editors and Affiliations

  • Stockholm University, Sweden

    Catrin Norrby

  • University of Turku, Finland

    Camilla Wide

About the editors

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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