Ideology in Linguistic Practice and Analysis: Gender and Politeness in Japanese Revisited

Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology: Cultural Models and Real People

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 38-56

  Okamoto, Shigeko ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distinguish; importance; language; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188398213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195166170.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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