Lindsay Yotsukura
List of John Benjamins publications in which Lindsay Yotsukura is involved.
Articles
2027 Chapter 7. Problem resolution through informal re-framing: Modulating style and stance in Kansai Informality in Japanese: Getting close in a formal context, Cook, Haruko Minegishi and Momoko Nakamura (eds.), pp. 145–171 | Chapter
This chapter analyzes style shifts in a business telephone call between two companies in Kansai, Japan from the perspectives of indexicality, frame analysis, footing, and stance. By tracing modulations in usage of style and Kansai dialect, I demonstrate how two participants create nested,… read more
2020 Chapter 10. Getting to the point: Indexical reference in English and Japanese email discourse Bonding through Context: Language and interactional alignment in Japanese situated discourse, Ide, Risako and Kaori Hata (eds.), pp. 217–238 | Chapter
This paper compares indexical expressions utilized in English and Japanese email discourse from book companies in the United States and Japan in order to highlight their referential functions and underscore their pedagogical importance. These deictics also serve a marketing purpose by… read more
2002 Reporting problems and offering assistance in Japanese business telephone conversations Telephone Calls: Unity and diversity in conversational structure across languages and cultures, Luke, K.K. and Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou (eds.), pp. 135–170 | Article