10.4225/03/5909365e8c619
Williams-van Klinken, Catharina
Catharina
Williams-van Klinken
Hajek, John
John
Hajek
Patterns of address in Dili Tetum, East Timor
Monash University
2017
East Timor
monash:110335
1959.1/787618
Address
journal article
1833-7139
Tetum
Patterns of address
10.2104/aral0621
Variation of address
2017-05-03 01:46:04
Journal contribution
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Patterns_of_address_in_Dili_Tetum_East_Timor/4963148
This article focuses on a detailed description of patterns of address in Dili Tetum today. It outlines the complexities of the address system and points to considerable variation in its evolving present-day use. We find, amongst other things, that a speaker may use a range of address strategies even to the same addressee, and that the use of polite pronouns Ita and Ita-Boot appears to be spreading as the language extends into new domains not previously available to it.
Copyright 2006 Catharina Williams-van Klinken and John Hajek. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.