Junko Saito
List of John Benjamins publications for which Junko Saito plays a role.
Articles
2024 The discursive manifestation of normativities in coming-out-to-family discourses in Japanese social media Journal of Language and Sexuality 13:2, pp. 178–200 | Article
This study investigates the discursive manifestation of normativities and participants’ orientation to them for identity work in coming-out-to-family discourses in Japanese YouTube videoclips posted by self-identified gay men. The study focuses on how the participants – the YouTubers and their… read more
2012 Construction of institutional identities by male individuals in subordinate positions in the Japanese workplace Pragmatics 22:4, pp. 697–719 | Article
This study qualitatively examines how male individuals in subordinate positions in a Japanese workplace construct institutional identities in superior-subordinate interactions in the workplace. The analysis demonstrates that the male subordinates’ use of the masu form (the addressee honorific… read more