Prelim pages i
Table of contents v
Chapter 1. Introduction 1
Chapter 2. Positioning through address practice in Finland-Swedish and Sweden-Swedish service encounters 19
Chapter 3. Sociocultural and linguistic constraints in address choice from Latin to Italian 51
Chapter 4. Closeness at a distance 81
Chapter 5. Beyond the notion of periphery 105
Chapter 6. Metacommenting in English and French 127
Chapter 7. Direct speech, subjectivity and speaker positioning in London English and Paris French 155
Chapter 8. Positioning of self in interaction 177
Chapter 9. Constellation of indexicalities and social meaning 197
Chapter 10. “Proper is whatever people make it” 219
Chapter 11. Representations of self and other in narratives of return migration 241
Chapter 12. Orthography as an identity marker 263
Chapter 13. Positioning the self in talk about groups 285
Author index 307
Subject index 313

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Prelim pages i
Table of contents v
Chapter 1. Introduction 1
Chapter 2. Positioning through address practice in Finland-Swedish and Sweden-Swedish service encounters 19
Chapter 3. Sociocultural and linguistic constraints in address choice from Latin to Italian 51
Chapter 4. Closeness at a distance 81
Chapter 5. Beyond the notion of periphery 105
Chapter 6. Metacommenting in English and French 127
Chapter 7. Direct speech, subjectivity and speaker positioning in London English and Paris French 155
Chapter 8. Positioning of self in interaction 177
Chapter 9. Constellation of indexicalities and social meaning 197
Chapter 10. “Proper is whatever people make it” 219
Chapter 11. Representations of self and other in narratives of return migration 241
Chapter 12. Orthography as an identity marker 263
Chapter 13. Positioning the self in talk about groups 285
Author index 307
Subject index 313

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