Introduction: Vocative!

Sonnenhauser, Barbara und Noel Aziz Hanna, Patrizia (2013): Introduction: Vocative! In: Sonnenhauser, Barbara und Noel Aziz Hanna, Patrizia (Hrsg.): Vocative! Addressing between System and Performance. Reihe Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, Bd. 261. Berlin: De Gruyter. S. 1-24

Abstract

The vocative has long been neglected in the linguistic literature. There is still no systematic approach to capturing the diverse language-specific ways of addressing others. The lack of morphological vocative marking in many European languages is one of the reasons for this neglect, in addition to the dual status of vocatives between system and performance. This volume intends to fill this gap by dealing with the various facets of the vocative from an onomasiological perspective, with special emphasis on the position of this phenomenon between system and performance. In this introduction, the intricate nature of the vocative and the problems it poses for current linguistic analyses will be outlined. To this end, the main characteristics of the vocative will be distinguished and an overview will be given of the main theoretical approaches and lines of argument. In order to avoid any commitment to a specific theoretical framework, ‘voca-tives’ will be defined functionally as ‘forms and structures used for direct address’. This will also allow us to consider ways of marking the vocative structurally.

• Dokumententyp: Buchbeitrag
• Fakultät: Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Department 2 > Slavische Philologie
• Themengebiete: 400 Sprache > 490 Andere Sprachen
• ISBN: 978-3-11-030417-6 ; 978-3-11-030417-6
• Ort: Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch