Publications

Publication details [#42235]

SanAntonio, Patricia M. 1987. Social mobility and language use in an American company in Japan. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 6 (3-4) : 191–200.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language use | organization | social mobility

Language as a subject

English, American | Japanese

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper presents an ethnographic study on the use of English and Japanese in an American company in Japan as it relates to power brokerage and advancement of employees.