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Pronoun and Words for Personal Relationship in Japanese Language

Zheng Xi

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The Japanese Language is special in its Pronouns, ie, the speaker should choose a proper pronoun in talking according to the very social relationship between the speaker and the speakee, which therefore called the words for personal relationship. This article is trying some research and analysis on the issue through discussing the usages of the pronouns for the first person, the second person and the third person.

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The Japanese Language is special in its Pronouns, ie, the speaker should choose a proper pronoun in talking according to the very social relationship between the speaker and the speakee, which therefore called the words for personal relationship. This article is trying some research and analysis on the issue through discussing the usages of the pronouns for the first person, the second person and the third person.

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The Japanese Language is special in its Pronouns, ie, the speaker should choose a proper pronoun in talking according to the very social relationship between the speaker and the speakee, which therefore called the words for personal relationship. This article is trying some research and analysis on the issue through discussing the usages of the pronouns for the first person, the second person and the third person.

Key concepts: Personal pronoun, Pronoun, Linguistics, Subject pronoun, First person, Reflexive pronoun, Third person, Psychology

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