Soliloquy in Japanese and English -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Soliloquy for linguistic investigation -- 1.2 Private speech -- 1.3 Utility of soliloquy in linguistics research -- 1.4 The experiment -- 1.5 Summary -- 2. Sentence-final particles -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Previous studies on ne and yo -- 2.3 The data -- 2.4 Data analysis -- 2.5 Acquisition of ne -- 2.6 The discrepancy in frequency between ne and yo -- 2.7 Summary -- 3. Deixis and anaphora -- 3.1 Ko-so-a: The Japanese demonstratives -- 3.2 Ko-so-a in the soliloquy data -- 3.3 The notions of deixis and anaphora reconsidered -- 3.4 Third person pronouns -- 3.5 Summary -- 4. Gendered speech in soliloquy -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Morphosyntax of Japanese gendered language -- 4.3 Origins and development of gendered language in Japanese -- 4.4 The data -- 4.5 Indexicality and linguistic ideology -- 4.6 Discussion -- 4.7 Summary -- 5. Soliloquy and linguistic politeness -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Japanese honorific system -- 5.3 Some remarks on honorifics -- 5.4 Speech style shift -- 5.5 Morphosyntactic characteristics of soliloquy -- 5.6 Soliloquy as an index of intimate exaltation -- 5.7 Summary -- 6. The indefinite you in English soliloquy -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Major characteristics of indefinite you -- 6.3 The data -- 6.4 The analysis of English soliloquy -- 6.5 Soliloquy and inner speech -- 6.6 Summary -- 7. Considerations and Conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- Subject index -- Author index -- The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series.