Publications

Publication details [#7752]

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

Annotation

Certain verb compounds reflect the classic tradition of kami worship and the use of these polite forms exalts an addressee.