Naomi Geyer
List of John Benjamins publications in which Naomi Geyer is involved.
Articles
2027 Chapter 6. Formality and intimacy in Japanese news shows Informality in Japanese: Getting close in a formal context, Cook, Haruko Minegishi and Momoko Nakamura (eds.), pp. 124–144 | Chapter
This study examines interactions observed in two Japanese news shows, focusing on their participants’ use and non-use of honorifics along with other linguistic and multimodal elements that constitute various ranges and layers of formality. The two programs follow a similar “news show” format.… read more
2018 Chapter 6. Negotiating entitlement in Japanese: The case of requesting forms Pragmatics of Japanese: Perspectives on grammar, interaction and culture, Hudson, Mutsuko Endo, Yoshiko Matsumoto and Junko Mori (eds.), pp. 149–172 | Chapter
This study investigates how speakers construct their entitlement (the speaker’s right and/or capacity to perform certain actions) in requests observed in Japanese workplace discourse. It shows that the -te kudasai format frequently appears in requests originally issued by an outside entity and… read more
2008 Interpersonal functions of style shift: The use of plain and masu forms in faculty meetings Style Shifting in Japanese, Jones, Kimberly and Tsuyoshi Ono (eds.), pp. 39–70 | Chapter