Variables That Modify the Com-munication. Case Study: Terms of Address in Ion Creangă’s Letters Cover Image

Variabile care modelează situația de comunicare. Studiu de caz: termeni și formule de adresare în scrisorile lui Ion Creangă
Variables That Modify the Com-munication. Case Study: Terms of Address in Ion Creangă’s Letters

Author(s): Alina-Georgiana Focșineanu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Tracus Arte
Keywords: terms of address; letters; communication

Summary/Abstract: Our paper explores the terms of address identified in 27 letters, where we registered a numerous inventory of terms of address used in personal or transactional communication. Taking into account the variables that modify communication, our research shows that Ion Creangă selects all terms of address according to the biological differences (age, sex) and socio economic differences (status, position, culture, social distance) between him and his recipients. We also show that some of these terms of address are described by sets as /+deference/, /+discursive distance/ and, in some, cases, /+affectivity/.

  • Issue Year: XI/2015
  • Issue No: 2 (22)
  • Page Range: 85-92
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian