The implications of mismatched personal pronouns in Chinese

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Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-370

  Lee, Cher Leng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; Mismatched; Politeness; Pronoun; Respect; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248767686     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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