Publications

Publication details [#61667]

Adachi, Chie. 2016. Sugoi! – Indexicality and stancetaking in Japanese compliments. Language in Society 45 (2) : 193–216.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

complimenting | indexicalization | pragmatic function | silence | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper examines indexicality and stancetaking in young Japanese speakers' compliments via analysis of a single lexical item 'sugoi' (amazing), which executes various pragmatic functions: praise, surprise, or mock impoliteness; intensifier; and silence-filler when complimenting.