Different forms of address
The struggle between Du and Sie in the German language
Author: Ingeborg Kazek
Length: 13 page(s)
Written: Feb 2008
Sales Rank: 12
Views: 449
Length: 13 page(s)
Written: Feb 2008
Sales Rank: 12
Views: 449
Category: Sciences & Research » Humanities | Work: Term Paper
Keywords: Forms of address, power form, solidary form, pronominal terms of address
Keywords: Forms of address, power form, solidary form, pronominal terms of address
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The forms of address are continously subject to changes. They represent an invisible barometer for the public mood. When people feel free and not patronized, they tend to the liberal solidarity form “du”. Does the economic situation change to worser conditions and more competion among colleagues the power form”Sie” drives out the solidary form. Forms of address are generally used to initiate and maintain social contact between speaker and addressee in the course of the interaction. In this essay there will be talked about the pronominal terms of address in general and about the forms of address in Germany.
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About the Author
geboren in Titisee-Neustadt, Ausbildung als Fremdsprachensekretärin in Freiburg, Abitur auf dem 2. Bildungsweg in Berlin, zunächst Studium Anglistik und Germanistik in Berlin, dann umgestiegen auf Sprachwissenschaften in Wien. Tätig als Übersetzerin und Texterin.
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