Chapter published in:
Nominal and Pronominal Address in Jamaica and Trinidad: Variation and patterns
Matthias Klumm
[Topics in Address Research 3] 2021
► pp. 37–80

Chapter 3
Study I

Nominal and pronominal address in postcolonial Jamaican and Trinidadian literature

Article outline
  • 3.1Data and methodology
  • 3.2Overview of the types of dyad in the literary works
  • 3.3Nominal address in postcolonial Jamaican and Trinidadian literature
    • 3.3.1Overview of nominal address forms in the literary works
    • 3.3.2Nominal address according to the characters’ sex
    • 3.3.3Nominal address according to the characters’ age
    • 3.3.4Nominal address according to the characters’ relationship
    • 3.3.5Variability and multifunctionality of nominal address in the literary works
  • 3.4Pronominal address in postcolonial Jamaican and Trinidadian literature