Affect and letter-writing: Unconventional conventions in casual writing by young Japanese women

Language in Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-136

  Kataoka, Kuniyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0038873499     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404500019424     Document Type: Article

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