Expressivity in discourse: Vocatives and themes in Japanese

Language Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 679-705

  Maynard, Senko K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Emotions; Expressive function of language; Japanese; Vocatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345776969     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0388-0001(00)00024-3     Document Type: Article

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