Forms of nominal treatment in written digital discourse: an approach on its occurrence according to sex and age group in speakers from the Iquique province (Chile)

Abstract

This paper gives an account of the use of nominal address forms, in a sample of written digital discourse, of speakers from Iquique (Chile). Specifically, a classification of nominal address forms is presented in a stratified sample of 5.029 INTERACTIONS published in the FACEBOOK Timeline of 90 subjects from Iquique, for a period of 30 days. The results show a high use of nominal address forms in this type of interactions and differences according to sex and age group of the speakers.