The Impact of Sex on the Choice of Forms of Address in the Speech Form of Tehran Persian Language
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 9, Issue 8
Abstract
The main objective of present study is to investigate the impact of social factor of sex on the choice of forms of address in the speech from of Tehran Persian language. Address forms are a window opened to social and cultural differences in the society. The main hypothesis of current study is that there is no relationship between the social factor of sex and application of different forms of address in Tehran Persian language from the viewpoint of politeness, formality of context, power and solidarity. This study is based on the statistical data obtained from questionnaire administered to subjects chosen from different sex groups. The result of data analysis confirms the impact of sex on choice of forms of address in the speech form of Tehran Persian Language from the above mentioned viewpoints in all cases except in addressing female figure of high social status, female kin in informal familiar situation, spouse in informal familiar situation, younger brother in informal familiar situation, children under 12 and over 12 in informal familiar situation, intimate friends in both formal and informal situations and strangers. Consequently, the impact of social factor of sex is more evident in forms of address used for male addresses and in formal situations. The impact of sex on the choice of forms of address has been confirmed in these cases: male figure of high social status, over 45 years old male or female stranger, male kin in informal familiar situation (except younger brother), all kin members in formal situation, superiors and subordinates.
Authors and Affiliations
Behnaz Birounrah| Department of Foreign Language, Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Central Branch, Tehran, Iran, email: behnaz.birounrah@yahoo.com, Mansour Fahim| Department of Foreign Language, Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Central Branch, Tehran, Iran
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