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Publication details [#48324]

Ikuta, Shoko. 2008. Speech style shift as an interactional discourse strategy: The use and non-use of desu/-masu in Japanese conversational interviews. In Ono, Tsuyoshi and Kimberly Jones, eds. Style Shifting in Japanese. (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 180). John Benjamins. pp. 71–90.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
discourse strategy | interaction | interview | style switching
Language as a subject
Japanese
Place, Publisher
John Benjamins

Annotation

This paper deals with style switching as a discursive strategy in Japanese interviews.