Vocatives in Lebanese Arabic

Youssef A. Haddad is Professor of Arabic Language and Linguistics at Georgetown University in Qatar. His research focuses on syntax, pragmatics, and their interface. He has published extensively on Arabic linguistics, as well as the linguistics of other languages. His publications include the books The Sociopragmatics of Attitude Datives in Levantine Arabic (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and Control into Conjunctive Participle Clauses: The Case of Assamese (Mouton de Gruyter, 2011). He has also co-edited two volumes of Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics (John Benjamins, 2016, 2019) and authored the textbook Introduction to Arabic Linguistics (Wiley Blackwell, 2023).

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations and SymbolsList of Illustrations 1: Vocatives in Action1.1 What Are Vocatives?1.2 Purpose and Significance1.3 Data Source1.4 Remarks about the Glosses and Translation1.5 The Structure of the BookPart I. Vocatives: Forms and Types2: Vocatives in Lebanese Arabic: Forms2.1 Introduction2.2 Pronouns as Vocatives2.3 Quantifiers as Vocatives2.4 Nouns as Vocatives2.5 Adjective Phrases as Vocatives2.6 Verb Phrases as Vocatives2.7 Prepositional Phrases as Vocatives2.8 Complementiser Phrases as Vocatives2.9 Vocative Particles in Lebanese Arabic2.9.1 The Vocative Particle jaː2.9.1.1 Prohibited jaː2.9.1.2 Required jaː2.9.1.3 Optional jaː2.9.2 The Vocative Particle wliː/wleː/wlaː2.9.3 The Vocative Particles ka- and waː2.10 Conclusion3: Vocatives in Lebanese Arabic: Types3.1 Introduction3.2 Names as Vocatives3.2.1 First Names3.2.2 Teknonyms3.2.3 Hypocoristics3.2.4 Last Names and Full Names3.2.5 Names of Associated Entities3.3 Honorifics as Vocatives3.4 Kinship Terms as Vocatives3.5 Endearments and Familiarisers as Vocatives3.6 Terms of Abuse as Vocatives3.7 Conclusion4: Exclamatory Vocatives and Non-Vocative Vocatives in Lebanese Arabic4.1 Introduction4.2 Exclamatory Vocatives4.2.1 Exclamatory Vocatives in Lebanese Arabic4.2.2 Exclamatory Vocatives in Other Languages4.3 Non-Vocative Vocatives4.4 ConclusionPart II. Vocatives: Social Functions5: Vocatives and Rapport Management: An Overview5.1 Introduction5.2 And the Witness Will Address This Court as ‘Judge’ or ‘Your Honour.’5.3 Vocatives and Rapport Management5.3.1 Interactional Goals5.3.2 Face Sensitivities5.3.3 Social Expectancies5.3.4 Summary and Loose Ends5.4 The Courtroom Scene and Rapport Management5.5 Conclusion6: Names and Vocative Particles: What Are They Good For?6.1 Introduction6.2 What’s in a Name?6.3 The Social Functions of Vocative Particles in Lebanese Arabic6.3.1 The Vocative Particle jaː6.3.2 The Vocative Particle wliː/wleː/wlaː6.3.3 The Vocative Particle ka-6.4 Conclusion7: Lebanese Arabic Vocatives: What They Can Do for You!7.1 Introduction7.2 Vocatives as Reassurance for an Addressee in Distress7.3 Vocatives as Upgraders of Responses to Addressee Self-Threatening Acts7.4 Vocatives as Mitigators of Speaker-Initiated Relationship-Threatening Acts7.5 Conclusion8: Lebanese Arabic Vocatives: What They Can Do to You8.1 Introduction8.2 Vocatives and Active Retaliatory Aggression8.3 Vocatives and Passive Retaliatory Aggression8.4 Vocatives and Bullying8.5 Conclusion9: Lebanese Arabic Vocatives: What’s in Them for Me?9.1 Introduction9.2 Vocatives, Self-Presentation and Self-Preservation.92.1 Self-Presentation9.2.2 Self-Preservation9.3 Vocatives and Alignment Solicitation9.3.1 Securing a Favour9.3.2 Recruiting an Ally9.3.3 Seeking Understanding9.3.4 Soliciting Topic Validation9.4 Vocatives and Exercising Authority9.5 Conclusion10: Vocatives: Optionality, Multifunctionality and Interactionally Constructed Identities10.1 Introduction10.2 Vocatives and Optionality10.2.1 Vocatives as Optional10.2.2 Vocatives as Necessary10.2.3 Vocatives as Unexpected10.3 The Multifunctionality of Vocatives10.4 Vocatives and the Emergent Nature of Identity10.5 Conclusion11: Where Do We Go Now?11.1 Final Thoughts11.2 Future ResearchReferences

This book presents a breathtakingly extensive investigation into the types and uses of Lebanese Arabic vocative constructions, which permeate Lebanese culture and communication. With analytic insightfulness and data sourced almost entirely from attested discourse, Haddad sets the bar very high for future work in this field.