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| Language Patterns | 1 |
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| Ikuta, Shoko | 1 |
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Peer reviewedIkuta, Shoko – Language Sciences, 1983
Analyzes the mechanisms involved in speech level shift in discourse that contains the "des/mas" forms. Concludes that level shift is often used to signal empathy between speakers and to indicate coherence and the hierarchical positioning of utterances in discourse. (EKN)
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Styles
