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Mapping Genres, Mapping Culture: Japanese texts in context
Edited by Elizabeth A. Thomson, Motoki Sano and Helen de Silva Joyce
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 281] 2017
► pp. 213–240

Chapter 9
Nihonjinron and the context of culture

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Contextualising nihonjinron texts
    • 2.1Contexts of culture
    • 2.2Nihonjinron across genres and registers
    • 2.3Nihonjinron discourse
  • 3.Discourse semantics
    • 3.1Textual structures
    • 3.2Ideational structures
    • 3.3Interpersonal structures
    • 3.4Linguistic coupling and syndromes
  • 4.Iconography
    • 4.1Phasal analysis
    • 4.2Ism
    • 4.3Polarising Isms
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 7 December 2017
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