Salutation

The opening words in a letter that address the recipient, for example “Dear Madam” or “Madam.”

Preferred label

Salutation                

Alternative label

Scope note

The opening words in a letter that address the recipient, for example “Dear Madam” or “Madam.”

Parent concept      

Letter-writing manipulation        

uh-linked-data/concept/222 

Related concept                               

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/443