Nominal and Pronominal Address in Jamaica and Trinidad : Variation and Patterns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klumm, Matthias.

Contributor:

John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Series:

Topics in address research ; v. 3.

Topics in Address Research Ser. ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Address, Forms of.

English language.

English language--Pronoun.

English language--Jamaica.

English language--Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad.

Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad.

Jamaica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages).

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Place of Publication:

Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Nominal and Pronominal Address in Jamaica and Trinidad

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

List of tables

List of figures

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1 Terms of address: Definition, characteristics, and functions

1.2 The linguistic situation in the anglophone Caribbean

1.3 The sociohistorical background of Jamaica and Trinidad

1.4 Objectives of the present study

1.5 Structure of the book

Chapter 2. Theoretical considerations on the study of address

2.1 Previous research on nominal and pronominal address

2.1.1 Brown & Gilman (1960) and Brown & Ford (1961)

2.1.2 Mühleisen (2005, 2010, 2011)

2.2 Address in social interaction

2.2.1 Address and politeness

2.2.2 Address and social distance

2.2.3 Address and identity

2.3 Nominal address in English

1. Bare titles (T)

2. Hierarchic titles (HT)

3. Title + last name (TLN)

4. Bare last names (LN)

5. Title + first name (TFN)

6. Bare first names (FN)

7. Generic first names

8. Nicknames, terms of abuse, and terms of endearment

9. Kinship terms for relatives

10. Kinship terms for non-kin

11. Minor forms of address

2.4 Pronominal address in English

Chapter 3. Study I: Nominal and pronominal address in postcolonial Jamaican and Trinidadian literature

3.1 Data and methodology

3.2 Overview of the types of dyad in the literary works

3.3 Nominal address in postcolonial Jamaican and Trinidadian literature

3.3.1 Overview of nominal address forms in the literary works

3.3.2 Nominal address according to the characters' sex

3.3.3 Nominal address according to the characters' age

3.3.4 Nominal address according to the characters' relationship

3.3.5 Variability and multifunctionality of nominal address in the literary works

3.4 Pronominal address in postcolonial Jamaican and Trinidadian literature

Chapter 4. Study II: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of fieldwork data gathered in Jamaica and Trinidad

4.1 Data and methodology

4.1.1 Sample stratification

4.1.1.1 Sex

4.1.1.2 Age

4.1.1.3 Social class

4.1.1.4 Ethnicity

4.1.1.5 Region

4.1.2 Data elicitation and analysis

4.1.2.1 Written questionnaires

4.1.2.2 Semi-structured interviews

4.2 Nominal address in contemporary Jamaica and Trinidad

4.2.1 Expressing respect and social distance through nominal address

4.2.1.1 Bare titles

4.2.1.2 Hierarchic titles

4.2.1.3 Kinship terms for non-kin

4.2.1.4 Titles plus last name

4.2.1.5 The importance of the addressee's seniority

4.2.2 Keeping the balance between vertical and horizontal social distance through nominal address

4.2.2.1 Titles plus abbreviated last name

4.2.2.2 Titles plus first name

4.2.3 Expressing familiarity and solidarity through nominal address

4.2.3.1 Bare last names

4.2.3.2 Bare first names

4.2.3.3 Generic first names

Notes:

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4.2.3.4 Kinship terms for non-kin.

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