_{Theory, Model, Method}

Social dimension of language

(1). For which of the following reasons might someone, on seeing his or her neighbour, say: "Good morning, Tom!"?

(:vips 7990:) (:vips 7991:) (:vips 7992:) (:vips 7993:) (:vips 7994:)

(2). Look at the following two examples:

 Example One			Example Two
'Morning, Peter!'		'Hullo, John!'
'Morning'			'Hullo'
'Nice day today!'		'How's life?'
'For a change!'			'All right'
'How's Mary?'			'Jane OK?'
'Same as usual'			'Suppose so'

(:vips 7792:) (:vips 7793:) (:vips 7794:) (:vips 7795:) (:vips 7796:)