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Cook, Haruko Minegishi – Discourse Processes, 1996
Examines the use of addressee honorifics (the "masu" form) and their nonhonorific counterpart (the plain form) at home and in classroom interactions at elementary schools in Japan from the perspective of language socialization. Finds that both at home and school the "masu" and plain forms are used as indices of the mode of…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Japanese