Explorations in Japanese Sociolinguistics.
Title:
Explorations in Japanese Sociolinguistics.
Author:
Loveday, Leo.
ISBN:
9789027279330
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (165 pages)
Series:
Pragmatics & Beyond
Contents:
EXPLORATIONS IN JAPANESE SOCIOLINGUISTICS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Table of contents -- LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES, DIAGRAMS -- 1. JAPANESE SOCIOLINGUISTICS - WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO WESTERN RESEARCH -- 1.1. Japanese language and society -- 1.1.1. Japan-related speech-communities -- 1.1.2. The Japanese language -- 1.1.3. Japanese sociolinguistics as a field of study -- 1.2. Encoding social organization -- 1.2.1. Verbal honorifics -- 1.2.2. Terms of reference and address -- 1.3. Social Variation -- 1.3.1. Standard and regional varieties -- 1.3.1.1. Oral and written varieties -- 1.3.2. Identity markers -- 1.3.2.1. Gender -- 1.3.2.2. Age markers -- 1.3.2.3. Group identity markers -- 1.4. Language attitudes -- 1.4.1. Language planning -- 1.5. Contact between Japanese and other languages in sociolinguistic perspective -- 1.5.1. The expansion of Anglo-Japanese -- 1.5.2. Japanese-based pidgins -- 1.5.3. Japanese overseas communities -- 1.5.4. Cross-cultural communication -- 1.6. Other topics in Japanese sociolinguistics -- 1.7. Conclusion -- 2. THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF RITUAL AND ADDRESS AT A WEDDING RECEPTION -- 2.1. The reception: setting, participants, activities and functions -- 2.1.1. The organization of speaking -- 2.2. The linguistic components of ritual -- 2.2.1. Ritual resources at the reception -- 2.3. Hierarchical and collective signals: the contextual dynamics of designatory forms -- 2.4. A concluding note -- 3. SPEAKING OF GIVING: THE PRAGMATICS OF JAPANESE DONATORY VERBS -- 4. CROSS-CULTURAL CONTRASTS -- 4.1. Pitch, politeness and sexual role -- 4.1.1. Pitch -- 4.1.1.1. Japanese use of pitch -- 4.1.1.2. English use of pitch (British) -- 4.1.2. Interference -- 4.1.3. The investigation -- 4.1.3.1. Variables -- 4.1.3.2. Results -- 4.1.4. Interpretation of the results.
4.1.4.1. Semantic implications -- 4.1.4.2. Sociocultural implications -- 4.1.5. Concluding hypothesis -- 4.2. Semiotic schism in Japanese-Western interaction -- 4.2.1. The concept 'semiotic schism' -- 4.2.2. The Japanese case -- 4.2.3. Decoding Japanese- Western interaction -- 4.2.3.1. Verbal signs -- 4.2.3.2. Vocal signs -- 4.2.3.3. Kinesic signs -- 4.2.3.4. Rhetoric patterns -- 4.2.4. The mutual responsibility for miscoding -- APPENDIX: Backgroundnotes on Japanese concepts of family and marriage -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES.
Abstract:
Explorations in Japanese Sociolinguistics provides a treasure of information on the Japanese language and the social and cultural system it has developed and is embedded in. To the non-specialist, it opens an unknown world. To the specialist it offers theoretical and methodological perspectives aimed at avoiding the interference of myth and musing with accurate characterizations. A general introduction on Japanese sociolinguistics is followed by two case studies, one on the ethnography of ritual and address at a Japanese wedding reception, and one on the pragmatics of Japanese donatory verbs. The final chapter discusses cross-cultural contrasts and the danger of semiotic schism in Japanese-Western interaction.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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