In:Metroethnicity, Naming and Mocknolect: New horizons in Japanese sociolinguistics
John C. Maher
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society 49] 2021
► pp. 165–182
Chapter 12Language difficulty and difficult languages
Published online: 27 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.49.c12
https://doi.org/10.1075/impact.49.c12
Article outline
- The easy and the difficult
- Five meanings of difficulty
- Difficulty as cultural capital
- Art, music and difficulty
- Languages near, languages remote
- The remote and the difficult
- Language and distance
- A survey of Japanese attitudes towards language difficulty
- FDLs: ‘Fiercely Difficulty Languages’: The view from schools
- Absolute difficulty
- a.Reading
- b.Sound and spelling
- c.Pragmatics
- d.Pronunciation
- Conclusion
- A note on simplified language: A solution for the difficult?
- Note 1
