Address Variation in Sociocultural Context: Region, power and distance in Italian service encounters: 2 (Topics in Address Research)

Bresin, Agnese

ISBN 10: 9027208123 / ISBN 13: 9789027208125

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021

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290 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Address Variation in Sociocultural Context: Region, power and distance in Italian service encounters: 2 (Topics in Address Research)
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027208123
• ISBN 13: 9789027208125
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.71 kilograms

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Synopsis

This study looks at the sociocultural context of five Italian regions and at the situational context of restaurant encounters (a sub-type of service encounters) to examine address variation in spoken Italian―with a focus on singular address pronouns tu, voi and lei. It offers a thorough examination of distance and power dynamics between waiters and customers in a wide range of restaurant types. This book marks the introduction of Italian to the field of regional pragmatic variation and it will be of interest to linguists, Italianists and researchers more broadly working on service encounters. The author offers a new dimension to the understanding of social interaction and language use in contemporary Italy, uncovering cultural and linguistic differences between even adjacent geographical areas within a modern European nation state.