Social meanings in German interactions: An ethnographic analysis of the second-person pronoun Sie

Research on Language and Social Interaction

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 337-369

  Winchatz, Michaela R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040332188     PISSN: 08351813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327973RLSI34-3_3     Document Type: Article

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