Japanese at Work, (PDF) empirically explores how different linguistic resources are employed to achieve appropriate workplace role inhabitance and to attain work-oriented communicative ends in a range of workplaces in Japan. Suitable role inhabitance is seen to include considerations of gender and interpersonal familiarity, together with speaker orientation to normative
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Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, Classical Mythology, 11th Edition, (PDF) is the most comprehensive survey of classical mythology available — and the first full-color etextbook of its kind. Featuring the authors’ extensive and clear translations of original sources, it brings to life the myths and legends of