Publications

Publication details [#56665]

Hasegawa, Yoko. 2012. Against the social constructionist account of Japanese politeness. Journal of Politeness Research 8 (2) : 245–268.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

honorific | politeness | pragmatics | social interaction | university

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

Using data from professor-student consultations in Japanese universities, this study shows that deference requires honorifics' use, and non-observation of polite language social norms often gets ridiculed and punished, thus advocating Ide's discernment concept.