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Exploring patient and provider perspectives on outpatient care and the family practice model at a university hospital in Ghana. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Diji AK   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Address Terms of Brotherhood in the Indian Online Gaming Community

open access: yesWorld 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
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction: Address Terms in World Englishes

open access: yesWorld 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
wiley   +1 more source

Address between power and solidarity in audiovisual material in the case of Grey's Anatomy

open access: yesWorld 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
wiley   +1 more source

Address Terms in Communication Between Fashion Companies and Their Customers on Instagram

open access: yesWorld 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
wiley   +1 more source

Equality Amongst Speakers of English: Distributive and Relational Approaches

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how egalitarians should characterise the complex and multifaceted inequalities associated with the ongoing global spread of English(es). We argue that global linguistic inequality today cannot be reduced to a single dimension, such as inequality of power or status.
Andrew Shorten, Sergi Morales‐Gálvez
wiley   +1 more source

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