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Explorations in Japanese Sociolinguistics
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Explorations in Japanese Sociolinguistics provides a treasure of information on the Japanese language and the social and cultural system it has developed and is embedded in. To the non-specialist, it opens an unknown world. To the specialist it offers theoretical and methodological perspectives aimed at avoiding the interference of myth and musing with accurate characterizations. A general introduction on Japanese sociolinguistics is followed by two case studies, one on the ethnography of ritual and address at a Japanese wedding reception, and one on the pragmatics of Japanese donatory verbs. The final chapter discusses cross-cultural contrasts and the danger of semiotic schism in Japanese-Western interaction.
[Pragmatics & Beyond, VII:1] 1986. xi, 153 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 21 November 2011
Published online on 21 November 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Prelim pages | pp. i–vi
- Foreword and acknowledgements | pp. vii–viii
- Table of contents | pp. ix–x
- List of figures, tables, diagrams | pp. xi–11
- 1. Japanese Sociolinguistics - with Special Reference to Western Research | pp. 1–32
- 1.1. Japanese language and society
- 1.2. Encoding social organization
- 1.3. Social variation
- 1.4. Language attitudes
- 1.5. Contact between Japanese and other languages in sociolinguistic perspective
- 1.6. Other topics in Japanese sociolinguistics
- 1.7. Conclusion
- 2. The Ethnography of Ritual and Address at a Japanese Wedding Reception | pp. 33–56
- 2.1. The reception: setting, participants, activities and functions
- 2.2. The linguistic components of ritual
- 2.3. Hierarchical and collective signals: the contextual dynamics of designatory forms
- 2.4. A concluding note
- 3. Speaking of Giving: The Pragmatics of Japanese Donatory Verbs | pp. 57–78
- 4. Cross-Cultural Contrasts | pp. 79–118
- 4.1. Pitch, politeness and sexual role
- 4.2. Semiotic schism in Japanese-Western interaction
- Appendix: Background notes on Japanese concepts of family and marriage | pp. 119–120
- Footnotes | pp. 121–134
- | pp. 135–153
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