Power, Politeness, and the Pragmatics of Nicknames
Abstract Nicknames distribute power within a social group: they can be imposed, or they can be used by agreement between namer and named. This is not the difference between political and apolitical uses of nicknames: agreement is a political act, the result of social negotiation, in which the nickna...
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| Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2009-06-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1860 |