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Chinese Terms of Address

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ID2868058
AuthorsYuen Ren Chao (corresponding author)
Year1956
Volume32
Issue1
Pages217
Publication date1956-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/410666
OpenAlexW2333191285
LanguageEN
Citations received37

Under the general heading terms of address I propose to describe (1) vocatives , or terms of direct address to call persons by, and (2) designatives , or mentioning terms, which one uses as part of connected discourse in speaking of persons. In the order of approximately increasing complexity, I shall discuss pronouns, proper names, titles, and kinship terms. The scope of the present account will include only current usage in colloquial Mandarin. But, unless otherwise qualified, what I have to say will in fact be valid for large sections of China

Linguistics · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism · Translation Studies and Practices

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