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The pragmatic use of vocatives in private one-to-one digital communication

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Asprey, Esther and Tagg, Caroline (2019) The pragmatic use of vocatives in private one-to-one digital communication. Internet Pragmatics, 2 (1). pp. 83-111. doi:10.1075/ip.00024.asp

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Abstract

This article examines a corpus of private text messages collected in Birmingham and surrounding towns in 2015. We look specifically at pragmatic roles played by the vocatives we find in the corpus. Since text messages are sent to targeted recipients, vocatives are structurally redundant, and we review literature concerning vocatives in spoken and written data to first see what categories others have proposed for these functions. We then challenge some of these categorisations, identifying a new category of ‘focuser’ which we argue is akin to a summons in spoken language. We also examine the pragmatic value of vocatives in performing identity work for both sender and receiver. We finish by looking at gendered performance of identity as a case study in our corpus of how text producers construct themselves and others.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Forms of address, Grammar, Comparative and general -- Case, Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax, Discourse analysis, Text messaging (Cell phone systems), Gender identity , Digital communications
Journal or Publication Title: Internet Pragmatics
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co.
ISSN: 2542-3851
Official Date: May 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
May 2019Published
20 May 2019Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 1 July 2020
Volume: 2
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 83-111
DOI: 10.1075/ip.00024.asp
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: Asprey, Esther and Tagg, Caroline (2019) The pragmatic use of vocatives in private one-to-one digital communication. Internet Pragmatics, 2 (1). pp. 83-111. doi:10.1075/ip.00024.asp This article is under copyright and the publisher should be contacted for permission to re-use or reprint the material in any form.
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders: © John Benjamins Publishing Company

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