Gavin Furukawa

List of John Benjamins publications for which Gavin Furukawa plays a role.

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Furukawa, Gavin 2014 ‘Stupidest of all the primates’: The role of English in Japanese television Anxiety, Insecurity, and Border Crossing: Language Contact in a Globalizing World, Hiramoto, Mie and Joseph Sung-Yul Park (eds.), pp. 196–220 | Article
This article examines the effect of linguistic anxiety on identity by analyzing the use of English in Japanese television from the perspective of Sociocultural Linguistics. Close analysis of segments from Japanese television entertainment programs shows how both verbal and visual intertextual… read more