Dataset abstract:

This dataset contains one datafile (.csv) used to create the graphs and tables in the paper "(Im)polite uses of vocatives in present-day Madrilenian Spanish". It includes 534 Spanish vocative tokens, i.e. (pro)nominal terms of direct address (e.g., tío 'dude'), which were retrieved from CORMA, a conversational corpus of peninsular Spanish compiled between 2016 and 2019. The data is annotated for (i) form, (ii) communication, (iii) semantic category, (iv) speaker's generation, (v) speaker's gender, (vi) relationship between speaker and hearer, (vii) socio-pragmatic character of the hosting speech act, (viii) the hearer's reaction, and (ix) the vocative's socio-pragmatic effect.

Article abstract:

The present study aims to examine the socio-pragmatic scope of vocatives in present-day colloquial Spanish. As prototypical deictic markers, directly calling upon the addressee, vocatives are considered crucial mechanisms in the creation and maintaining of interpersonal relationships during interaction. This deictic potential makes them highly appropriate strategies at the service of face work and (im)politeness. However, the relation between (Spanish) vocatives and (im)politeness has scarcely been explored. In an attempt to fill this research gap, the present analysis empirically examines the socio-pragmatic functions, related to the expression of (im)politeness, that vocatives are able to fulfill in colloquial conversations. The results show that their multifunctionality needs to be evaluated in the broad co(n)text, not only by taking into account the hosting speech act and the vocatives’ semantic features, but also extra-linguistic parameters, such as the interpersonal relationship and the speaker’s age.

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