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Publication details [#20321]

Hakulinen, Auli. 1987. Avoiding personal reference in Finnish. In Fornel, Michel De. Reference to persons in conversation. In : 131–140. : 141–153.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
impersonal construction | politeness | reference
Language as a subject
Finnish

Annotation

On the use of the `impersonal' verb forms in Finnish for non-specific reference instead of one of the `specific' verb forms, as a politness strategy.