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Publication details [#4722]

Hinds, John V. 1975. Third person pronouns in Japanese. In Peng, Fred C.C., ed. Language in Japanese society: Current issues in sociolinguistics. Tokyo UP. pp. 129–157.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | level of education | pronoun | third person

Language as a subject

Japanese

Annotation

Report on third person pronoun usage (in particular attitudes about kare 'he', kanojo 'she', and karera 'they'). H. hypothesizes that young adults use kare more than older people and that highly educated people use it more than slightly educated people.