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Functions of LanguageVol. 13:1 (2006) ► pp.119–130
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. Linguistic emotivity: Centrality of place, the topic-comment dynamic, and an ideology of pathos in Japanese discourse [Pragmatics & Beyond, New Series, 97]. Amsterdam/Philadelpha: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2002. xxiii + 476 pp. ISBN 90 272 5117(Eur) 1 58811 202 0(US) hardback
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