Academic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Communications -
Miscellaneous, University of Mosul, language: English, abstract: The
nature of this study is to investigate the socio-cultural rules that
govern address usage in daily conversation in Mosuli Arabic within
family members. A socio-pragmatic approach is adopted in this study and
by using semi-structured interviews to collect data from 80 participants
in English Department, College of Education for Humanities, University
of Mosul. The selection of the participants is done through four
variables namely: age, gender, educational status and marital status. In
this study, two theoretical framework are selected as a model of
analysis namely the communication accommodation theory and the power and
solidarity theory of Brown and Gilman. The study finds that the age and
family status are the most effective determiners of address choice in
Mosul society. Language is the main way for exchanging information and
knowledge. In addition, it shows individuals' identities, cultures,
relationships and preferences to become closer or distant from each
other. The way people open and end conversation, and address one another
in a given situation are significant in the study of communication.
Address forms are not neutral in communication. They convey attitudes
and feelings; the choice of these terms is based on the way
interlocutors evaluate communication situation. The choice of address
terms reveals the social relationship between the addresser and the
addressee. Meanwhile, it represents the social characteristics of
speaker. Every time one person speaks to another, there is created a
host of options centering around whether and how persons will be
addressed or named. By now, still there are many unanswered questions
about address terms, since address terms are as complicated as the
society itself. The main issues are how people address each other and
how distinct forms like personal names, family names, pronouns, titles
