Publications

Publication details [#1800]

Brown, Roger and M. Ford. 1961. Address in American English. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology 62 : 375–385.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

social norm | terms of address

Language as a subject

English, American

Annotation

B. and F. describe the norms of American address and point out a pattern in these norms which is to be found in forms of address in many other languages. This abstract speech pattern is said to suggest a feature of social structure that may be universal.

Reprints

Laver, John and Sandy Hutcheson. 1972. In Laver, John and Sandy Hutcheson, eds. Communication in face to face interaction: Selected readings. Penguin. pp. 122–145.