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Publication details [#53459]

Burdelski, Matthew and Koji Mitsuhashi. 2010. “She thinks you’re kawaii”: Socializing affect, gender, and relationships in a Japanese preschool. Language in Society 39 (1) : 65–93.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

affect | classroom conversation | gender | language use | pre-school age

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study examines the usage of kawaii -an adjective meaning ‘cute’-, in Japanese preschool interaction. The results illuminate how everyday communicative practices frame children’s language comprehension and use in relation to gender, affect, and preschool relationships.