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Publication details [#12090]

Choi, Gwon-Jin. 1997. Viewpoint shifting in Korean and Bulgarian: The use of kinship terms. Pragmatics 7 (3) : 389–395.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

kinship | point of view | reference

Language as a subject

Bulgarian | Korean

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

ISBN

1018-2101

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

It is shown that Bulgarian and Korean viewpoint shifting maintains and fortifies interpersonal connections. Bulgarian viewpoint shifting is noted for its decrease in personal pronoun substitution and its creation of endearment relations between older and younger speakers.