Vocative!: Addressing between System and Performance (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM], 261) - Hardcover

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Synopsis

Vocatives have rarely been comprehensively discussed in their various facets. With 12 contributions covering the diversity of vocative marking, structures, and functions, as well as the relevance of vocatives for theoretical and methodological reasoning, this volume contributes to closing a significant gap in linguistic research. It provides a detailed picture of the vocative as a structure between 'system' and 'performance'.

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About the Author

Barbara Sonnenhauser, University of München, Germany; Patricia Noel, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany.

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Vocatives have rarely been comprehensively discussed in their various facets. With 12 contributions covering the diversity of vocative marking, structures, and functions, as well as the relevance of vocatives for theoretical and methodological reasoning, this volume contributes to closing a significant gap in linguistic research. It provides a detailed picture of the vocative as a structure between 'system' and 'performance'.

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