2008年最新硕士论文《在中国的跨国公司内的英文电子邮件中的权势》.rar eonductedastudyonhowtheseformsaresoeiallydistributedinAmericanEnglish.Their resultsindicatethat，forthemostPart，onlythreePattemsareusedwiththetwoforms: reeiProealFN，reeiProcalTLN，andnonreciProcalFN/TLN.AccordingtoBrownandFord， asingledimension，rangingfromacquaintancetointimacy(similartosolidarity)，governs thetworeciProealPattems:wllilethenonreciProealPattem15governedbytwodimensions: ageandoccuPationalstatus(relatedtoPower). APartfromthemainPattem，BrownandFordnotieedthattherewasanatural ProgressionfrommutualTLNtononreciProcalTLN/FN(Providedthenecessarysoeial differenceswerePresent)tomutualFN:that15，twoPeoPlemightstartouteallingeach otherbyTLN，thentheolderorhigher-statusPersonmightbegineallingtheotherbyFN andlatertheymightusemutualFN.BrownandFord(1964:241，figurel)madeagraPllic modeloftheProgressionofaddressintime，inwhichtheuPPerright一handPortionofthe figurerePresentsthemajorProgression:thelowerleft一handPortionrePresentsthefull