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Publication details [#53043]

Rendle-Short, Johanna. 2010. ‘Mate’ as a term of address in ordinary interaction. Journal of Pragmatics 42 (5) : 1201–1218.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

address | contextualization | interpretation | sequential organization | word choice

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This study states that the interpretation of the address term ‘mate’, is closely linked to its sequential placement. For instance, when pre-positioned, it may be interpreted as antagonistic or hostile.