Changes in Chinese Culture as Examined Through Changes in Personal Pronoun Usage

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 930-941

  Hamamura, Takeshi ^a   Xu, Yi ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

beliefs; cultural change; language; social change; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936791925     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022115592968     Document Type: Article

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