Greetings and Salutations in a New Age.

Nilsen, Alleen Pace

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ERIC Number: EJ299833

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Publication Date: 1984

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Greetings and Salutations in a New Age.

Nilsen, Alleen Pace

Language in Society, v13 n2 p245-47 Jun 1984

Analyzes salutations in 75 letters of application. The 28 applicants who used masculine greetings used four different forms. The 47 who used sex-neutral greetings used 19 different forms. Looks at the applicants' qualifications, sex, and region of the country in which they live as factors influencing the writers' choices of salutations. (SED)

Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language Styles, Regional Attitudes, Sex Bias, Written Language

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Language: English

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