Gavin Furukawa
List of John Benjamins publications in which Gavin Furukawa is involved.
Articles
2027 Chapter 10. ‘Hey! What are you doing now!’: Negotiating closeness and workplace relationships on Japanese TikTok Informality in Japanese: Getting close in a formal context, Cook, Haruko Minegishi and Momoko Nakamura (eds.), pp. 230–255 | Chapter
When thinking about Japanese workplace culture, hierarchies and their associated linguistic forms are often emphasized. However, the reality within the context of the modern workplace in Japan goes beyond the rigid, simplistic rules of old-fashioned textbooks. This chapter examines how the… read more
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