Address rituals as heuristics of social structure
The address form as linguistic variable has more realisation possibilities than any other, because semantic variation is involved and it reflects all the different interpersonal relations in the societal structure. Factors such as religious status, sex, kinship and age differences play a key role in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2013-02-01
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Series: | Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning |
Online Access: | http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/442 |