Forms of address in peninsular Spanish: a diachronic study

Authors

  • Irene Maria Ferreira Blayer Brock University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.2001v4n1p27

Keywords:

Forms of address, Diachronic study, Spanish.

Abstract

In this paper, our purpose is to investigate the relative frequency in the covariation between the pronoun used and the objective relationship that exists between speaker and addressee. Except for the plays pertaining to the XV century, all plays exhibit the three pronominal forms of address, , ros and usted (including the various intermediate stages of this pronoun). Within a diachronic perspective this work will analyse the semantic and social psychological correspondences of these pronouns of address in 96 plays which extend from the XV to the XIX centuries.

Author Biography

Irene Maria Ferreira Blayer, Brock University

Possui uma licenciatura em Românicas, mestrado em Estudos Linguísticos e Literários Íbero-Americanos, e um doutoramento em Linguística Românica com uma dissertação subordinada ao tema "Aspects of the Vocalic System in the Speech of the Azores" (University of Toronto, 1992).

Published

2001-07-15

How to Cite

BLAYER, Irene Maria Ferreira. Forms of address in peninsular Spanish: a diachronic study. Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 1, p. 27–58, 2001. DOI: 10.5433/2237-4876.2001v4n1p27. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/4363. Acesso em: 25 jul. 2024.