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Publication details [#23156]

Prindle, Tamae K. 1981. Polite forms of Japanese speech. Anthropological Linguistics 23 (5) : 209–214.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
politeness | verbal compound
Language as a subject
Japanese

Annotation

P. examines the relationship between the Japanese politeness-strategy of verb-compounding and `Kami' worship.