How Long to Read The Mysterious Address Term anata 'you' in Japanese

By Yoko Yonezawa

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mysterious Address Term anata 'you' in Japanese?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read The Mysterious Address Term anata 'you' in Japanese by Yoko Yonezawa

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The use of the second person singular pronoun anata ‘you’ in modern Japanese has long been regarded as mysterious and problematic, generating contradictory nuances such as polite, impolite, intimate, and distancing. Treated as a troublesome pronoun, scholars have searched for a semantically loaded meaning in anata, under the assumption that all Japanese personal reference terms involve social indexicality. This book takes a new approach, revealing that anata is in fact semantically simple and its powerful expressivity is explained only in pragmatic terms. In doing so, the study brings to bear...

How long is The Mysterious Address Term anata 'you' in Japanese?

The Mysterious Address Term anata 'you' in Japanese by Yoko Yonezawa is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mysterious Address Term anata 'you' in Japanese Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read The Mysterious Address Term anata 'you' in Japanese aloud.

What Reading Level is The Mysterious Address Term anata 'you' in Japanese?

The Mysterious Address Term anata 'you' in Japanese is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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