Publications

Publication details [#53488]

Iwasaki, Noriko. 2010. Style Shifts among Japanese Learners before and after Study Abroad in Japan: Becoming Active Social Agents in Japanese. Applied Linguistics 31 (1) : 47–71.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agent | context | L2-acquisition | spoken language | style

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This quantitative and qualitative study on the oral usage of the polite or plain style in native English speaking L2 Japanese sojourners before and after their study abroad, reveals that all finally gained some comprehension of social meanings of the plain and polite styles and became more active social agents in style shifting.