Kita’s usage in spoken discourse: Collectivity to singularity

This short communication explains that kita ‘we’ has an alternative usage as a singular personal pronoun, presented as kita ‘I’. The usage of kita is classified into six classes, based on its substitutability with saya and the context in which kita occurs. The purpose of this paper is to prove that...

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主要作者: Yamaguchi, Toshiko
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spelling my.um.eprints.203242019-02-15T07:26:20Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/20324/ Kita’s usage in spoken discourse: Collectivity to singularity Yamaguchi, Toshiko PE English PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania This short communication explains that kita ‘we’ has an alternative usage as a singular personal pronoun, presented as kita ‘I’. The usage of kita is classified into six classes, based on its substitutability with saya and the context in which kita occurs. The purpose of this paper is to prove that there are three contexts that render kita a singular pronoun: (i) the speaker refers to people in general to share her point of view; (ii) the speaker wants to share information with a group of people whom she knows; (iii) the speaker exercises negative politeness. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018-12-24 Article PeerReviewed Yamaguchi, Toshiko (2018) Kita’s usage in spoken discourse: Collectivity to singularity. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 26 (T). pp. 225-230. ISSN 0128-7702 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2026%20(T)%20Dec.%202018/16%20JSSH-2995-2018.pdf
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topic PE English
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
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PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Yamaguchi, Toshiko
Kita’s usage in spoken discourse: Collectivity to singularity
description This short communication explains that kita ‘we’ has an alternative usage as a singular personal pronoun, presented as kita ‘I’. The usage of kita is classified into six classes, based on its substitutability with saya and the context in which kita occurs. The purpose of this paper is to prove that there are three contexts that render kita a singular pronoun: (i) the speaker refers to people in general to share her point of view; (ii) the speaker wants to share information with a group of people whom she knows; (iii) the speaker exercises negative politeness.
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title Kita’s usage in spoken discourse: Collectivity to singularity
title_short Kita’s usage in spoken discourse: Collectivity to singularity
title_full Kita’s usage in spoken discourse: Collectivity to singularity
title_fullStr Kita’s usage in spoken discourse: Collectivity to singularity
title_full_unstemmed Kita’s usage in spoken discourse: Collectivity to singularity
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publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia
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url http://eprints.um.edu.my/20324/
http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2026%20(T)%20Dec.%202018/16%20JSSH-2995-2018.pdf
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