Unconventional Usage of Gender-Based Japanese Sentence-Final Particles: A Study of <i>wa</i> and <i>no</i> in Youth Conversations
Japanese society’s traditional gender norms are reflected by sentence-final particles (SFPs) in daily conversation. However, recently, Japanese young people have started to use gendered SFPs in “unclassical” ways. This study mainly examines the usage of the so-called “female” SFPs <i>wa</i&...
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MDPI AG
2023-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/8/3/222 |