Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- To the reader
- Introduction
- Gestures & Signals
- Customs & Behaviours
- Names & Addresses
- What's so good about it? the curious nature of ‘good-’ greetings
- Ahoy, ahoy! Pick up the phone! ‘hello’ and its uses
- The unlucky Mr Szczęściarz: foreign names in foreign places
- Wang is King in China: too many people, not enough names
- Finding Björk: Icelandic names
- Yoo-hoo! Who? You! how Swedes don't address each other
- Mister Doctor: titles of medicos, surgeons and barbers
- I forget my name: loss of first name by marriage
- When your coz is your sis: kinship terms
- You, thou and other politenesses: familiar and polite ‘you’
- Include me out! dual, trial and other grammatical curiosities
- For me to know and you to find out: naming and name taboos
- Bye-bye! how things have changed
- Postscript
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
Wang is King in China: too many people, not enough names
from Names & Addresses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- To the reader
- Introduction
- Gestures & Signals
- Customs & Behaviours
- Names & Addresses
- What's so good about it? the curious nature of ‘good-’ greetings
- Ahoy, ahoy! Pick up the phone! ‘hello’ and its uses
- The unlucky Mr Szczęściarz: foreign names in foreign places
- Wang is King in China: too many people, not enough names
- Finding Björk: Icelandic names
- Yoo-hoo! Who? You! how Swedes don't address each other
- Mister Doctor: titles of medicos, surgeons and barbers
- I forget my name: loss of first name by marriage
- When your coz is your sis: kinship terms
- You, thou and other politenesses: familiar and polite ‘you’
- Include me out! dual, trial and other grammatical curiosities
- For me to know and you to find out: naming and name taboos
- Bye-bye! how things have changed
- Postscript
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
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- Tales of Hi and ByeGreeting and Parting Rituals Around the World, pp. 153 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009