Publications
Publication details [#67425]
Ohara, Yumiko, ed. 2019. Routledge handbook of Japanese sociolinguistics. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Japanese-Sociolinguistics/Heinrich-Ohara/p/book/9780415790277
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
ISBN
978-0-415-79027-7
Annotation
Presenting new approaches and results previously inaccessible in English, the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics provides an insight into the language and society of contemporary Japan from a fresh perspective. While it was once believed that Japan was a linguistically homogenous country, research over the past two decades has shown Japan to be a multilingual and sociolinguistically diversifying country. Building on this approach, the contributors to this handbook take this further, combining Japanese and western approaches alike and producing research which is relevant to twenty-first century societies. Organised into five parts, the sections covered include: The languages and language varieties of Japan; The multilingual ecology; Variation, style and interaction; Language problems and language planning.