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Publication details [#54750]

Takanashi, Hiroko. 2011. Complementary stylistic resonance in Japanese play framing. Pragmatics 21 (2) : 231–264.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag

Annotation

Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of frame and stance, and using the notion of “complementary stylistic resonance”, this study sets out to show how play framing, and in particular speech style shifts, are manipulated in culturally meaningful contexts of Japanese conversations among friends and to demonstrate the consequences it brings to social life.