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
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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1. Japanese Sociolinguistics - with Special Reference to Western Research | p. 1
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1.1. Japanese language and society
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1.2. Encoding social organization
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1.3. Social variation
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1.4. Language attitudes
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1.5. Contact between Japanese and other languages in sociolinguistic perspective
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1.6. Other topics in Japanese sociolinguistics
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1.7. Conclusion
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2. The Ethnography of Ritual and Address at a Japanese Wedding Reception | p. 33
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2.1. The reception: setting, participants, activities and functions
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2.2. The linguistic components of ritual
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2.3. Hierarchical and collective signals: the contextual dynamics of designatory forms
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2.4. A concluding note
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3. Speaking of Giving: The Pragmatics of Japanese Donatory Verbs | p. 57
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4. Cross-Cultural Contrasts | p. 79
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4.1. Pitch, politeness and sexual role
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4.2. Semiotic schism in Japanese-Western interaction
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Appendix: Background notes on Japanese concepts of family and marriage | p. 119
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Notes | p. 121
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List of Figures, Tables, Diagrams
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Fig.1 Simple flowchart of Japanese suffixes of address and reference | p. 7
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Fig.2 The performance and relationships of participants at the wedding reception | p. 36
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Fig.3 Corporate identification in designatory markers for the groom | p. 53
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Fig.4 Semiotic schism | p. 97
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Table 1. A comparison of speech giver's speech acts | p. 41
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Table 2. Apologetic formulae occurring at the reception | p. 44
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Table 3. Designatory markers for the groom occurring at the reception | p. 53
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Table 4. The phonational ranges of the subjects | p. 86
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Table 5. The fundamental frequency in Hz of Japanese and English politeness formulae obtained by pitch meter at the beginning and end of each utterance | p. 89
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Table 6. The fundamental frequency in Hz of Japanese and English politeness formulae obtained by spectographic analysis at the peak and end of each utterance | p. 89
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Diagram 1. Donatory forms where G is not the speaker nor belongs to the speaker's ingroup | p. 58
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Diagram 2. Donatory forms where G is the speaker or in the speaker's group | p. 60
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Diagram 3. Donatory forms where R is the speaker or in the speaker's ingroup | p. 63
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Diagram 4. Scales of implicational deference where the giver is the speaker | p. 76
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Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General