Publications

Publication details [#42891]

Carroll, Tessa. 2005. Beyond keigo: smooth communication and the expression of respect in Japanese as a Foreign Language. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 175,176 : 233–247.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | honorific | politeness | sociolinguistics | textbook

Language as a subject

English | Japanese

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This study examines how the new perspective on Japanese honorific language (keigo), emphasizing the roles of respect and smooth communication, is treated in some Japanese as a Foreign Language textbooks, written in English.