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Address Variation in Sociocultural Context: Region, power and distance in Italian service encounters
Agnese Bresin
[Topics in Address Research 2] 2021
► pp. 3–24

Chapter 1
Theory behind address practices

Article outline
  • 1.1Key concepts
    • 1.1.1Image
    • 1.1.2Common ground and closeness
    • 1.1.3Social distance
    • 1.1.4Power
    • 1.1.5Respect
    • 1.1.6Enhancing the interlocutor’s image
    • 1.1.7Accommodation principle
    • 1.1.8Cultural context and situational context
    • 1.1.9Community of practice
  • 1.2Common practice
    • 1.2.1Competing practices in interactional contexts
    • 1.2.2Evolving practices in cultural changes
  • 1.3Practices as expression of identity
    • 1.3.1Personal and community preferences
    • 1.3.2Style and identity
    • 1.3.3Images, roles, and identity
  • 1.4An account of identity from sociocultural linguistics
    • 1.4.1Basic demographic level
    • 1.4.2Cultural and linguistic level
    • 1.4.3Situational and interactional level
  • 1.5Conclusions
  • Notes