What the Japanese language tells us about the alleged Japanese relational self

Australian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-251

  Hasegawa, Yoko ^a,b   Hirose, Yukio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 85050412920     PISSN: 07268602     EISSN: 14692996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07268600500233019     Document Type: Article

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