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The introduction provides a brief overview of address research, particularly focusing on address practices in Europe. It also serves to contextualize the six chapters of the volume, all of which present up-to-date empirical research of address and social relations in a variety of contexts and languages including Dutch, French, Finnish, German, Italian and Swedish.
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Norrby, C., Wide, C. (2015). OPEN Introduction: Address as Social Action Across Cultures and Contexts. In: Norrby, C., Wide, C. (eds) Address Practice As Social Action: European Perspectives. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137529923_1
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