English address terms in Australian, British and North American English on Twitter/X
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyses address terms on Twitter/X across three English‐speaking regions: Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Using a random sample, we examine the frequency and regional distribution of address forms, including @‐mentions, vocatives, titles, kinship terms and greetings.
Martin Schweinberger, Amir Sheikhan
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What Does <i>That</i> Mean? Complementizers and Epistemic Authority. [PDF]
Open Mind (Camb)Tollan R, Palaz B.
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Address Terms of Brotherhood in the Indian Online Gaming Community
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Indian gamers are part of the Indian society as well as a globalised gaming community. To navigate this cultural dissonance, they can use address terms to reflect and create their double or divided identities. This article investigates forms and functions of kinship terms that are connected to the concept of brother ‘male sibling’, for example,
Linnea Garlepow
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Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Complicated by Intracerebral Hemorrhaging in the Early Stage of Onset. [PDF]
Intern MedFujita M +4 more
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Introduction: Address Terms in World Englishes
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This special issue explores variations in English address terms across world Englishes, highlighting how globalization and digital communication continue to shape their use. While Western Englishes like British and American English show a decline in hierarchy‐stressing terms (e.g.
Anke Lensch +2 more
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Address between power and solidarity in audiovisual material in the case of Grey's Anatomy
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates cross‐linguistic variation in forms of address by examining the American prime‐time television series Grey's Anatomy, comparing the original English version and the German dubbing in season 1 (2005) and season 20 (2024).
Lisa‐Christine Altendorf
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Address Terms in Communication Between Fashion Companies and Their Customers on Instagram
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates the ways in which three global fashion brands, Princess Polly (Australia), Adore Me (United States) and Cider (China), address customers in their Instagram comments and captions during a 3‐month period in 2022. The analysis focuses on positive politeness markers such as the use of first names, nicknames and friendship/
Minna Nevala, Hanna Limatius
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Recent Diachronic Change in Affiliative Vocatives in British English
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates recent diachronic change in affiliative address in spoken British English by comparing data from the demographic components of the BNC1994 and BNC2014. Using a systematically coded dataset of over 6000 vocative tokens, we analyze forms that signal solidarity and social closeness (including dude, bro, girl, dear, love ...
Mariam Gagua +4 more
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The Impact of Using Digital Video Recordings by Prospective Teachers on Their Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge. [PDF]
Eur J Investig Health Psychol EducShayeb S, Daher W.
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