Publications

Publication details [#64387]

Ohashi, Jun. 2018. An emerging role-identity and honorifics: A longitudinal study of email exchanges in a Japanese community. Journal of Pragmatics 127 : 36–55.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

e-mail communication | honorific | language change | language use | social network

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

Multiple indexical meanings of Japanese honorifics are shown. The longitudinal examination clarifies the functional rather than relational aspect of Japanese honorific use. Interpretations reflect a participant/observer's vantage points and his/her evaluative moments.