Honorific Particles In Japanese and Personal Monemes

The Japanese language has four honorific particles -- o, go, on, and mi. They are found in front of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in the case of o and go, and before names in the case of on and mi. The use of honorific particles allows the speaker to express respect for the speaker or to a t...

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Published in:La Linguistique (Paris. 1965) 2011-01, Vol.47 (1), p.37-49
Main Author: Akamatsu, Tsutomu
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The Japanese language has four honorific particles -- o, go, on, and mi. They are found in front of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in the case of o and go, and before names in the case of on and mi. The use of honorific particles allows the speaker to express respect for the speaker or to a third party associated with the speaker. There appears to be a zone of interaction between particles and honorary personal monemes. Adapted from the source document
ISSN:0075-966X
DOI:10.3917/ling.471.0037