Discursive functions of Japanese Personal Pronouns

The first-person pronoun “I” refers to a particular individual as the speaker producing an utterance, and second-person “you” refers to another individual to whom the speaker directs the utterance. This well-accepted idea of personal pronouns, however, does not contribute to the explication of their...

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Main Author: Etsuko Oishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2017-12-01
Series:Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/15899