Riyuu ‘Reason’ for nai desu and other semi-polite forms

Hudson, Mutsuko Endo

doi:10.1075/pbns.180.00riy

In:Style Shifting in Japanese
Edited by Kimberly Jones and Tsuyoshi Ono
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 180] 2008
► pp. 131–160

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Riyuu ‘Reason’ for nai desu and other semi-polite forms

Mutsuko Endo Hudson | Michigan State University

Published online: 17 December 2008

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

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