A case study into Japanese conversational discourse: Masen or nai desu – That is the question

Uehara, Satoshi; Fukushima, Etsuko

doi:10.1075/pbns.180.00mas

In:Style Shifting in Japanese
Edited by Kimberly Jones and Tsuyoshi Ono
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 180] 2008
► pp. 161–184

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Masen or nai desu – That is the question

A case study into Japanese conversational discourse

Satoshi Uehara | Tohoku University

Etsuko Fukushima | Tohoku University

Published online: 17 December 2008

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

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