Elena Filippova
e-mail: evfil@ssu.samara.ru

EDUCATION

1982 - 1987 Samara State University, Faculty of Philology, English Language Department, Samara, Russia, June 1987
AREA OF SPECIALIZATION English Philology, Concentration in Teaching English and Literature

IMPROVEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 6/1997 - 7/1997 Professional Development Course / Dinternal/, Samara
6/98 Professional Development Course “English for Specific Purposes” / Open Society Institute /, Samara
9/01 Participation in the SAMARA TORWARDS DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY project / American Council for International Education /, Samara

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Member of the YES! - Club / Department of Methodology of Dinternal/

CURRENT COURSES TAUGHT English for students of sociology

ARTICLES AND ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED
Teaching Address Forms in Sociocultural Context // International Conference Global English for Global Understading: Summary (May 23 - 25, 2001). - Moscow, 2001. - P.4.
Paculiarities of Rendering Russian Address Forms (Proper Names) in English Translation // 3rd Annual International Conference on Translation Studies, Fedorov Readings: Conference abstracts collection (October 26 - 28, 2001). - St Petersburg: St Petersburg State University, 2001. - P. 49.
Proper Names as Address Forms in Practical Aspect of Translation // All-Russian Seminar Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Translation: Seminar papers collection. - Penza, 2002. - P.157-160.
Address Forms and Their Sociolinguistic Interpretation in Modern English // International Scientific Conference, 6th Tsarskoselskiye Readings: Conference papers collection (April 23 - 24, 2002). - St Petersburg: Leningrad State Regional University, 2002. - P.81-82.SUMMARY
Sociolinguistic approach to communication implies cultural understanding of address forms and patterns of their use. Address forms are an inseparable aspect of culture that reflects customs and values of a linguistic and social community. Address forms indicate hierarchial relationships among the speakers, express social identity, and help communicate essential social information.
The address system is tied to the social organization of the speech act, which refers address forms to the social conventions. Address forms are relevant in this issue, promoting the establishment of contact between addresser and addressee in the sociocultural setting.
The following social criteria should be held in mind in the choice of an appropriate address form: age, solidarity or distance, situation/type of contact, status/rank, gender, form of communication.
The corpus of English address forms is rich and varied. It is quite obvious that nominative expressions (personal names, titles, kinship forms, occasional forms), interjections, pronouns, special expressions of politeness, imperatives, and special words important in attracting attention constitute a universal language of social relationship.
The English address system provides insight into the adequate interpretation of social relations and the contexts in which this or that form may be appropriate.