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Hoppe, Ronald A. and Joseph F. Kess. 1979. Sociolinguistic dimensions of referent as name choice. Grazer Linguistische Studien 10 : 133–147.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English

Annotation

Not only the parameters of acquainted/unacquainted, but also liking/disliking, cooperating/competitive influence the choice of third party referent names. These present similar problems and offer similar interpretative possibilities as forms of address: they express social assessment, this time with the extra factor of another party thrown in, viz. the listener.