Pronouns

Authored by: Naomi H. McGloin , Mutsuko Endo Hudson , Fumiko Nazikian , Tomomi Kakegawa

Modern Japanese Grammar

Print publication date:  October  2013
Online publication date:  March  2017

Print ISBN: 9780415571999
eBook ISBN: 9780203856628
Adobe ISBN: 9781135151393

10.4324/9780203856628.ch8

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Abstract

Japanese has a variety of personal pronouns for first, second, and third persons. The choice of personal pronouns depends on the degree of formality, the gender, age, rank and status of the speaker and the listener, and other pragmatic factors such as the social and psychological distance between the speakers.

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