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Publication details [#11954]

Cook, Haruko Minegishi. 1997. The Role of the Japanese Masu Form in Caregiver-Child Conversation. Journal of Pragmatics 28 (6) : 695–718. 24 pp.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
addressee | caregiver-child conversation | dinner conversation | honorific | L1-acquisition | politeness | socialization
Language as a subject
Japanese
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0378-2166
Journal WWW
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Annotation

This paper reports on the usage of the MASU form, which is acquired by the age of 3. This usage has a socializing effect on Japanese children to cultural values and it also highlights politeness and form.