Terms of Address in Slavic: An Overview

This study surveys the address systems of the modern Slavic languages, encompassing both free address (vocative phrases) and bound address (pronominal and quasi-pronominal), with occasional reference to non-standard varieties. The analysis rests on a proposed “naming template” — a fixed-order schema of element types (status, kinship, role, forename, patronymic, surname, etc.) — that governs the composition of address strings in both referential and vocative use. The template serves not only...