Gender orientations to outward appearance in Japanese conversation: A study in grammar and interaction

Discourse and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 749-765

  Tanaka, Hiroko ^a   Fukushima, Mihoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appearance; Conditional relevance; Conversation analysis; Feminism; Gender orientation; Grammar and interaction; Japanese conversation; Preference organization; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036399531     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926502013006755     Document Type: Review

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