Gentlemanly gender? Japanese men's use of clause-final politeness in casual conversations

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-92

  SturtzSreetharan, Cindi L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Gender (masculinities); Japan; Politeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646698375     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-6441.2006.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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