The use and non-use of desu/-masu in Japanese conversational interviews: Speech style shift as an interactional discourse strategy

Ikuta, Shoko

doi:10.1075/pbns.180.00speech

In:Style Shifting in Japanese
Edited by Kimberly Jones and Tsuyoshi Ono
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 180] 2008
► pp. 71–90

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Speech style shift as an interactional discourse strategy

The use and non-use of desu/-masu in Japanese conversational interviews

Shoko Ikuta | Meiji Gakuin University

Published online: 17 December 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.180.00speech

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