List of tables
Table 1.Inventory of Japanese personal pronouns20
Table 2.Historical stages of Japanese39
Table 3.Historical summary of konata, sonata and anata39
Table 4.First person pronouns46
Table 5.Second person pronouns47
Table 6.Use of L(ast) N(ame), F(irst) N(ame), and suffixes by gender, social status, and level of intimacy47
Table 7.Distribution of respondents48
Table 8.Format of the questionnaire69
Table 9.The use of anata toward a superior72
Table 10.The use of anata toward an inferior74
Table 11.The use of anata toward an equal75
Table 12.The frequency of occurrence of anata in dramas108
Table 13.The occurrence of anata in parliamentary debates130