Abstract

“Teacher” is a respectful form of address towards those who are engaged in education. Under new historical situation, person who is called teacher nearly cover all trades and professions. Teacher is not only an address, which carries professional connotation, but becomes an extensive use of society. In Chinese, the translation equivalent is “laoshi”. This paper aims to discuss the developing trends of “teacher” and the reasons of its generalization from the perspective of sociolinguistics.

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