In:Address Variation in Sociocultural Context: Region, power and distance in Italian service encounters
Agnese Bresin
[Topics in Address Research 2] 2021
► pp. 3–24
Chapter 1Theory behind address practices
Published online: 26 February 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/tar.2.c1
https://doi.org/10.1075/tar.2.c1
Article outline
- 1.1Key concepts
- 1.1.1Image
- 1.1.2Common ground and closeness
- 1.1.3Social distance
- 1.1.4Power
- 1.1.5Respect
- 1.1.6Enhancing the interlocutor’s image
- 1.1.7Accommodation principle
- 1.1.8Cultural context and situational context
- 1.1.9Community of practice
- 1.2Common practice
- 1.2.1Competing practices in interactional contexts
- 1.2.2Evolving practices in cultural changes
- 1.3Practices as expression of identity
- 1.3.1Personal and community preferences
- 1.3.2Style and identity
- 1.3.3Images, roles, and identity
- 1.4An account of identity from sociocultural linguistics
- 1.4.1Basic demographic level
- 1.4.2Cultural and linguistic level
- 1.4.3Situational and interactional level
- 1.5Conclusions
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