Japanese. Gendered structures in Japanese

Shibamoto Smith, Janet S.

doi:10.1075/impact.11.12shi

In:Gender Across Languages: The linguistic representation of women and men
Edited by Marlis Hellinger and Hadumod Bußmann
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 11] 2003
► pp. 201–225

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Japanese. Gendered structures in Japanese

Janet S. Shibamoto Smith | University of California, Davis, USA

Published online: 10 April 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.11.12shi

1.Introduction

2.Gendered structures

2.1Talking about women: Lexical bias

2.2Women talking

2.2.1Phonology

2.2.2Exclamations

2.2.3Pronouns

2.2.4Sentence particles

2.2.5The zero-rule

2.2.6Keigo (politeness forms)

3.A case study: Interpreting Ichiko

4.The feminist debate

5.Conclusion

Notes

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