IDENTIFICATION AND RECOGNITION IN SWEDISH TELEPHONE CONVERSATION OPENINGS

This study examines how identification and recognition is achieved in Swedish telephone conversation openings, and compares the patterning o f Swedish telephone openings with the analyses of telephone conversati on openings in other linguistic communities. The analysis suggests tha t Swedes overwhelmingly self-identify by name over the telephone, like Dutch interactants: but Swedes also avail themselves of the recogniti onal resources that have been found within American materials to achie ve recognition without explicit name-proffer. This finding bears on or ientations toward formality and informality in Swedish culture.