Eigennamen, Kosenamen und Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen im Kulturvergleich. Anredeformen als Mittel der kommunikativen Gestaltung der sozialen Kontakte in deutschen und rumänischen WhatsApp‐Interaktionen
Proper names, nicknames and designations referring to related people in a cultural comparison. Salutation as a medium to shaping social connections in German and Romanian WhatsApp conversations
Author(s): Ioana Hermine FierbinteanuSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: sociolinguistics; Romanian; address forms; kinship terms; inverse address forms;
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents cultural differences in address forms preferred by speakers of German and Romanian in WhatsApp-messages and their impact on intercultural misunderstandings. In this respect, it discusses ways of politeness ascription. The analyzed data derive from a collection of German and Romanian WhatsApp-messages exchanged between students and parents over a period of one year. WhatsApp-messages are perceived as spoken language, therefore address forms as kinship, first names, interjections and nicknames used in spoken language are used in WhatsApp-messages, too. Romanians use a large variety of forms of address and forms of reference to define relationship levels between parents and their children.
Journal: Bukarester Beiträge zur Germanistik (BBG)
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 86-100
- Page Count: 15
- Language: German
