英汉社交称呼变异因素述略

On Factors of Vocative Changes in English and Chinese Social Contact

称呼是交际语言的有机组成部分,人们在相互交往中都会按照一定的社会道德标准和伦理要求运用称呼,但约定俗成的称呼有时会发生变异。本文从主体和客体两方面探讨影响英汉语称呼变异的因素。

Vocative expressions are part of a language. A person, on the social occasion, usually addresses his audience with a proper vocative on the basis of certain ethic. However, the fixed vocatives, whether in English or Chinese, are now and then changed because of certain subjective or objective factors, which are explored in this paper.