List of tables
Table 1.
Inventory of Japanese personal pronouns
20
Table 2.
Historical stages of Japanese
39
Table 3.
Historical summary of
konata, sonata and
anata
39
Table 4.
First person pronouns
46
Table 5.
Second person pronouns
47
Table 6.
Use of L(ast) N(ame), F(irst) N(ame), and suffixes by gender, social status, and level of intimacy
47
Table 7.
Distribution of respondents
48
Table 8.
Format of the questionnaire
69
Table 9.
The use of
anata toward a superior
72
Table 10.
The use of
anata toward an inferior
74
Table 11.
The use of
anata toward an equal
75
Table 12.
The frequency of occurrence of
anata in dramas
108
Table 13.
The occurrence of
anata in parliamentary debates
130