The use of plain and masu forms in faculty meetings: Interpersonal functions of style shift

Geyer, Naomi

doi:10.1075/pbns.180.00int

In:Style Shifting in Japanese
Edited by Kimberly Jones and Tsuyoshi Ono
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 180] 2008
► pp. 39–70

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Interpersonal functions of style shift

The use of plain and masu forms in faculty meetings

Naomi Geyer | University of Wisconsin-Madison

Published online: 17 December 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.180.00int

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