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Publication details [#57371]

Sandu, Roxana. 2013. Su(m)imasen and Gomen nasai: Beyond apologetic functions in Japanese. Pragmatics 23 (4) : 743–767.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

apologizing | contextualization | emotion | television soap | variability

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

Shifts in Japanese apology expressions from gomen to su(m)imasen and gomen nasai, and vice versa, as oberved in Japanese television dramas, show that apologies function as emotional expression signs, varying according to situated context.