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Direct linkKretzenbacher, Heinz L.; Clyne, Michael; Schupbach, Doris – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2006
Choice of address forms, a socially crucial feature in German communication, is context-dependent on situations (a) where the unmarked form of address is "du" (T), (b) where it is "Sie" (V), and (c) where the two systems (a and b) coexist. The first two situations are, apart from their fuzzy edges, rather clearcut. The third situation, however,…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Figurative Language, German, English (Second Language)
