Why are different varieties of the Japanese language used differently in social interaction, and how are they perceived? How do honorifics operate to express diverse affective stances, such as politeness? Why have issues of gendered speech been so central in public discourse, and how are they reflec...

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Hauptverfasser:	Okamoto, Shigeko (VerfasserIn), Shibamoto-Smith, Janet S. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1870- Alltag, Brauchtum Gesellschaft Japanese language / Social aspects Japanese language / Discourse analysis Japanese language / Social life and customs Sociolinguistics / Japan Soziolinguistik Sprachentwicklung Japan
Online-Zugang:	DE-473 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Why are different varieties of the Japanese language used differently in social interaction, and how are they perceived? How do honorifics operate to express diverse affective stances, such as politeness? Why have issues of gendered speech been so central in public discourse, and how are they reflected and refracted in language use as social practice? This book examines Japanese sociolinguistic phenomena from a fascinating new perspective, focusing on the historical construction of language norms and its relationship to actual language use in contemporary Japan. This socio-historically sensitive account stresses the different choices which have shaped Japanese and Western sociolinguistics and how varieties of Japanese, honorifics and politeness, and gendered language have emerged in response to the socio-political landscape in which a modernizing Japan found itself
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Sep 2016)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xii, 339 pages) digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:	9781139680400
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139680400