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request by commencing his reply with a call, “Mrs. Smith” that implies that he is emotionally detached from her, which causes Catty to feel disgusted.
c. Associative Referential Addressing
In associative referential addressing, the speaker performs an illocutionary act of addressing the hearer by hisher name which is included as in-group term and it
hence brings about a perlocutionary effect such that the speaker relieves the hearer’s mind.
Thus, the characteristics of associative non-referential calling can be explained in two points. Firstly, the vocative contains an illocutionary of the matrix
sentence first then employing an illocutionary act of addressing. Secondly, since the vocative is included as referential in-group term, it contains a perlocutionary act of
association which brings about a perlocutionary effect such that the hearer feels relieved.
Example: Hackenbush
: I found something, Professor Firefly. It seems like fossils.
Firefly : You’re right. Continue digging, dear colleague
After digging Hackenbush
: Amazing.
Firefly :
Unbelievable.
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After the discovery of large number of fossils, Hackenbush addresses Firefly by a name “Professor Firefly”, which implies his intention to share the pleasure with
the professor. Here, the speaker performs a perlocutionary act of association by performing an illocutionary act of addressing the hearer by an in-group term
“Professor Firefly”, which satisfies the hearer’s sense of identity.
d. Dissociative Referential Addressing
In dissociative referential addressing, the speaker employs an illocutionary act of addressing the hearer by hisher name which is included as in-group term and it
brings about a perlocutionary effect such that the hearer’s honor is disgraced. The characteristics of dissociative referential addressing can be explained in
two points. Firstly, the vocative contains an illocutionary act of addressing. In uttering a sentence with vocative, the speaker employs illocutionary acts of the matrix
sentence first and then the illocutionary act of addressing. Secondly, since the vocative employs an illocutionary act of addressing via referential out-group term, the
vocative should contain a perlocutionary act of dissociation which brings about a perlocutionary effect such that the hearer feels disgusted.
Example: Occurred in a meeting
Ted : As he enters. I’m afraid I haven’t prepared my
presentation. Would you remind me later when I’m going to have presentation?
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On Andy – Clearly he is very irritated at this Andy Ted’s boss
: sardonic my pleasure, Mother Kramer, can we just skip to another presentation?
Feeling disgusted with Ted’s recent incompetent works, Andy does not address him Ted anymore but sardonically addresses him as “Mother Kramer” instead. Here,
the speaker expresses his negative feeling to the hearer by performing an illocutionary act of addressing him by his family name with a pejorative adjective
nominal “Mother”. The illocutionary act, then, entails his performance of a perlocutionary act of dissociation, which causes a perlocutionary effect that the hearer
feels mortified.
e. Associative Non-referential Calling
