Honorific Marking in Japanese and the Word Formation Hypothesis of Causatives and Passives

Kuno, Susumu

doi:10.1075/sl.11.1.05kun

Article published In: Studies in Language
Vol. 11:1 (1987) ► pp.99–128

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Honorific Marking in Japanese and the Word Formation Hypothesis of Causatives and Passives

Susumu Kuno | Harvard University

Published online: 1 January 1987

https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.11.1.05kun

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