Using honorific expressions to ensure addressee compliance with commands: a case study of Japanese texts in the organisational context

Authors

Yumiko Mizusawa, University of Wollongong

RIS ID

23906

Publication Details

Mizusawa, Y. 2008, 'Using honorific expressions to ensure addressee compliance with commands: a case study of Japanese texts in the organisational context', in C. Wu, C. MIM. Matthiessen & M. Herke (eds), Proceedings of the ISFC 35: Voices Around the World, Macquarie University, Sydney, pp. 207-212.

Abstract

This paper attempts to illustrate how Japanese keigo (honorific expressions) works in oreder to demand goods & services in organisational contexts.