Keigo in Modern Japan: Polite Language from Meiji to the Present 9780824846688

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Keigo in Linguistics
Chapter 2. Keigo in Kokugogaku
Chapter 3. Inventing Keigo: Standardization
Chapter 4. The Modernization of Keigo
Chapter 5. Keigo Common Sense
Appendix 1. Keigo from Now On
Appendix 2. Guidelines for Expressions of Respect (Keii Hyōgen) in the Modern Age
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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