Address in the Pacoh people’s families in Thừa Thiên Huế province

Abstract

Address is both a linguistic and a cultural act, reflecting the behavioral culture of human beings in specific communication contexts. The research on the address in the Pacoh people’s families in Thua Thien Hue province has the aim to clarify the characteristics of the language and communication culture of  an ethnic minority community in the province. Based on the results of linguistic fieldwork and description, the article has identified a system of 16 personal pronouns and 32 kinship terms used as address terms in the PaCoh language; analyzed their grammatical - semantic features; and pointed out the ways  family members  address each other and the factors affecting the choice of address forms in PaCoh people’s family.