Are the Rules of Address Universal? A Test of Chinese Usage.

Kroger, Rolf O.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ217167

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Publication Date: 1979-Dec

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Are the Rules of Address Universal? A Test of Chinese Usage.

Kroger, Rolf O.; And Others

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, v10 n4 p395-414 Dec 1979

Research was conducted among 70 Chinese speakers to measure the degrees of reciprocity, solidarity, and inequality in dyadic address exchanges. The results provided support for extending Brown's allegedly universal Invariant Norm of Address to Chinese usage. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Chinese, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Status, Social Structure, Speech Habits

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Language: English

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