On the use of the address terms guys and mate in an educational context

Parkinson, Jean

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2020.03.003

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“…As seen, what is known about the functions or functions-positions relationships of the address terms are largely based upon the studies conducted on a certain address term (such as dude, alter, mate) (Rendle-Short, 2010;Heyd, 2014;Parkinson, 2020), address terms used in certain contexts where there is a limited number of interlocutors such as news interviews (Clayman, 2010), political interviews (Rendle-Short, 2007), interactions between a rugby team members (Wilson, 2010), address terms used in certain sentential places in the host sentence (Jefferson, 1973;Lerner, 2003;Clayman, 2012;Clayman, 2013;Berger, 2021), the ones used in movies (Zago, 2015), the ones employed in literary works (Shiina 2007a, Shiina, 2007b) and there are only few studies conducted by the help of the corpus data (Leech, 1999;McCarty & O'Keeffe, 2003).…”

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A Pragmatic Function-Position Analysis of Address Terms: Tendencies in Turkish

ÖZER

Akcan

2022

Dil Eğitimi Ve Araştırmaları Dergisi

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This study, with the broader aim of describing the addressing system in Turkish, analyzes the addressing terms as inseparable parts of communication, in terms of their sentential positions, pragmatic functions and function-position mapping properties on the database of Turkish National Corpus and presents the findings within a synthesis of broader literature on different languages. With that purpose in mind, three research questions will be answered. The first one is about the pragmatic functions of address terms in Turkish in the corpus data, the second one is about the interaction of these functions with their sentential positions and third one is about the extent to which the findings of the study and the findings in the literature for other languages. A specified sub-set from the Turkish National Corpus (TNCV3) (Aksan, 2012) was used as the database of pieces of natural language. The three major findings of the study are that Turkish address terms have ten basic functions, these functions occur in four different sentential positions, there are some tendencies in function-position mappings and that although there are Turkish specific aspects, correspondences with the studies especially in English are much more. With its Turkish specific findings, the study will hopefully contribute to the analyses of the addressing systems in languages as a whole.

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A Pragmatic Function-Position Analysis of Address Terms: Tendencies in Turkish

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Akcan

2022

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“…Addressing also aims to show hospitality and respect. It is similar to Parkinson (2020), and Wilson (2010) said that the use of address terms indicating familiarity is one factor that contributes to a friendly classroom environment. However, in its application, addressing is quite difficult because addressing is more than just a series of words conveyed orally to someone (Ambady et al, 1996).…”

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“Good Morning, Fokoamau”: An Analysis of the Addressing Terms in Pancana Language

Ino,

Marhadi,

Arman

et al. 2023

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This study uses a qualitative approach that focuses on analyzing greeting expressions used by the Pancana community. The location of this research is Watumobote Village, Kapontori District, Buton Regency. The research data obtained is spoken language, which is then transcribed. Data was collected using interview and observation methods. The results of the study show that the commonly used forms of addressing in the Pancana language consist of several forms that are adapted to kinships, such as a) Addressing in family relations, b) Addressing in society, c) Addressing in an official setting, and d) Addressing due to uniqueness or certain characteristics. The addressing system in the Pancana language is used according to several considerations, namely the position of the speaker and the interlocutor, the gender of the speaker and the interlocutor, the age of the speaker and the interlocutor, kinship, and the speaker’s situation. Addressing in the Pancana language can occur either directly or indirectly.

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“…Even informal address terms signal different messages. For instance, Parkinson (2020) investigated the use of the terms "guys" and "mate" in a corpus of classroom discourse at a vocational institution in New Zealand and found that these two address terms have different functions. The first one, "guys": Was used to attract students' attention, to indicate the start of, end of, or change in task, and to emphasize important content, while 'mate' functioned largely in mitigating face threats and in affective functions, such as encouragement and praise.…”

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“…In Saudi Arabia, a country with large power distance, linguistic choices --including address terms that reflect inequalitycan be expected to dominate discourse. Much linguistics research has examined the concept of address terms in different languages from a variety of perspectives (e.g., Seongha, 2019;Yonezawa, 2019;Parkinson, 2020).…”

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How to Address Your Instructor: An Analysis of Classroom Discourse at Saudi Arabian Universities

Abalkheel

2020

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Hofstede’s (1986) concept of national culture includes the key dimension of how power distance affects interactions between interlocutors on all levels and settings of a society, including that of the university. An examination of such interactions, including the expected linguistic behaviors of instructors and students, is quite useful, because cultural values and the archetypal roles of instructors and their students tend to shed light on the relationships and general atmosphere of not just the higher education setting, but also of the society as a whole. In the large power distance culture of Saudi Arabia, this concept is examined through an analysis of the different address terms students use in classroom discourse to address their instructors. Since the use of titles is related to classroom interaction, it is affected by power distance. This study investigates and analyzes the discourse of the classroom in Saudi universities to identify titles and address terms used in student-instructor communications. The research found that the terms students employ with instructors include social and academic terms; whereas first and last names were usually avoided. Effects of potential factors are explained in terms of Hofstede’s (1986) concept of power distance.

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On the use of the address terms guys and mate in an educational context

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

A Pragmatic Function-Position Analysis of Address Terms: Tendencies in Turkish

A Pragmatic Function-Position Analysis of Address Terms: Tendencies in Turkish

“Good Morning, Fokoamau”: An Analysis of the Addressing Terms in Pancana Language

How to Address Your Instructor: An Analysis of Classroom Discourse at Saudi Arabian Universities

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