Manipulation of Honorifics in First-Encounter Conversations in Japanese

Manipulation of Honorifics in First-Encounter Conversations in Japanese

This study quantitatively and qualitatively examines honorific usage in casual first-encounter conversations between two relatively young people from similar backgrounds. The issues of concern are the frequency of use of addressee and referent honorifics, different types and forms of referent honor...

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Main Author: Yamaji, Harumi
Other Authors: Jones, Kimberly
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2008
Subjects:
Japanese
honorifics
politeness
discourse analysis
sociolinguistics
language and gender
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195228

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http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195228

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