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_id: '28449'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: This article investigates forms of address, in particular the T/V distinction
    in German, in conversational interviews with German-speaking immigrants to English-speaking
    Canada and their descendants. From among 77 interviews conducted in two urban
    areas in Canada, we discuss instances of both the interactional use of and metalinguistic
    comments on forms of address. Our analysis is largely guided by conversation analysis
    and interactional sociolinguistics (e.g. Goodwin & Heritage 1990). Using Clyne,
    Norrby and Warren’s (2009) model of address as a backdrop, we investigate the
    construction of group identity and group socialization through the lens of positioning
    theory (e.g. van Langenhove & Harré 1993; Dailey-O’Cain & Liebscher 2009). This
    combination of analytical tools can explain shifts in both usage of and attitudes
    toward the T/V distinction that cannot be explained through language attrition
    arguments alone.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Grit
  full_name: Liebscher, Grit
  last_name: Liebscher
- first_name: Jennifer
  full_name: Dailey-O’Cain, Jennifer
  last_name: Dailey-O’Cain
- first_name: Mareike
  full_name: Müller, Mareike
  id: '71540'
  last_name: Müller
- first_name: Tetyana
  full_name: Reichert, Tetyana
  last_name: Reichert
citation:
  ama: Liebscher G, Dailey-O’Cain J, Müller M, Reichert T. Negotiating identities
    through pronouns of address in an immigrant community. <i>Pragmatics Quarterly
    Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)</i>. 2010;20(3):375-400.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie">10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie</a>
  apa: Liebscher, G., Dailey-O’Cain, J., Müller, M., &#38; Reichert, T. (2010). Negotiating
    identities through pronouns of address in an immigrant community. <i>Pragmatics.
    Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)</i>,
    <i>20</i>(3), 375–400. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie">https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Liebscher_Dailey-O’Cain_Müller_Reichert_2010, title={Negotiating
    identities through pronouns of address in an immigrant community}, volume={20},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie">10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie</a>},
    number={3}, journal={Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics
    Association (IPrA)}, author={Liebscher, Grit and Dailey-O’Cain, Jennifer and Müller,
    Mareike and Reichert, Tetyana}, year={2010}, pages={375–400} }'
  chicago: 'Liebscher, Grit, Jennifer Dailey-O’Cain, Mareike Müller, and Tetyana Reichert.
    “Negotiating Identities through Pronouns of Address in an Immigrant Community.”
    <i>Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association
    (IPrA)</i> 20, no. 3 (2010): 375–400. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie">https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie</a>.'
  ieee: 'G. Liebscher, J. Dailey-O’Cain, M. Müller, and T. Reichert, “Negotiating
    identities through pronouns of address in an immigrant community,” <i>Pragmatics.
    Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)</i>,
    vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 375–400, 2010, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie">10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie</a>.'
  mla: Liebscher, Grit, et al. “Negotiating Identities through Pronouns of Address
    in an Immigrant Community.” <i>Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International
    Pragmatics Association (IPrA)</i>, vol. 20, no. 3, 2010, pp. 375–400, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie">10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie</a>.
  short: G. Liebscher, J. Dailey-O’Cain, M. Müller, T. Reichert, Pragmatics. Quarterly
    Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA) 20 (2010) 375–400.
date_created: 2021-12-08T14:38:18Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:58:05Z
department:
- _id: '468'
doi: 10.1075/prag.20.3.04lie
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        20'
issue: '3'
keyword:
- Forms of address
- T/V distinction
- Du vs. Sie
- Conversation analysis
- Language attitudes
- Interviews
- German in Canada
- Migration studies
- North American migration
language:
- iso: eng
page: 375-400
publication: Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association
  (IPrA)
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1018-2101
  - 2406-4238
publication_status: published
status: public
title: Negotiating identities through pronouns of address in an immigrant community
type: journal_article
user_id: '71540'
volume: 20
year: '2010'
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