Linguistic impoliteness in a polite society

Ideology and practice in Japanese spoken and written discourse Introduction

Authors

  • Haruko Minegishi Cook University of Hawai’i at Manoa
  • Momoko Nakamura Kanto Gakuin University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/eap.18181

Keywords:

japanese, impoliteness

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2021-03-17

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Cook, H. M., & Nakamura, M. (2021). Linguistic impoliteness in a polite society: Ideology and practice in Japanese spoken and written discourse Introduction. East Asian Pragmatics, 6(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1558/eap.18181