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Article published In: 10th Anniversary Issue: Reflections on the Field of Language and Sexuality Studies
Edited by William L. Leap and Heiko Motschenbacher
[Journal of Language and Sexuality 10:1] 2021
► pp. 37–47

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Reflections on the Journal of Language and Sexuality and the view from Japan

 | National University of SingaporeSingapore
Published online: 15 February 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jls.00012.hir
Abstract
This paper discusses contributions of the Journal of Language and Sexuality made in the past decade in publication in relation to a development of the field currently recognized as language, gender and sexuality. I detail the development by using studies on joseigo ‘Japanese women’s language’ and discuss how it has impacted the field as a domain of scholarship and practice in the current moment beyond the study of the Japanese language. Lastly, I end the paper by commenting on directions in which language and sexuality studies have not yet examined but ought to address in future inquiry.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Inclusivity and personal reflections
  • 3.Japanese women’s language and beyond
  • 4.New directions
  • 5.Conclusion
  • References
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