Explorations in Japanese sociolinguistics

Author(s)

• Loveday, Leo

Bibliographic Information

Explorations in Japanese sociolinguistics

Leo Loveday

（Pragmatics & beyond : an interdisciplinary series of language studies, VII:1）

J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986

• : US
• : European

Other Title

Japanese sociolinguistics

Note

Cover title: Japanese sociolinguistics

Bibliography: p. [135]-153

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Explorations in Japanese Sociolinguistics provides a treasure of information on the Japanese language and the social and cultural system it has developed and is embedded in. To the non-specialist, it opens an unknown world. To the specialist it offers theoretical and methodological perspectives aimed at avoiding the interference of myth and musing with accurate characterizations. A general introduction on Japanese sociolinguistics is followed by two case studies, one on the ethnography of ritual and address at a Japanese wedding reception, and one on the pragmatics of Japanese donatory verbs. The final chapter discusses cross-cultural contrasts and the danger of semiotic schism in Japanese-Western interaction.

Table of Contents

• 1. 1. Japanese Sociolinguistics - with Special Reference to Western Research
• 2. 1.1. Japanese language and society
• 3. 1.2. Encoding social organization
• 4. 1.3. Social variation
• 5. 1.4. Language attitudes
• 6. 1.5. Contact between Japanese and other languages in sociolinguistic perspective
• 7. 1.6. Other topics in Japanese sociolinguistics
• 8. 1.7. Conclusion
• 9. 2. The Ethnography of Ritual and Address at a Japanese Wedding Reception
• 10. 2.1. The reception: setting, participants, activities and functions
• 11. 2.2. The linguistic components of ritual
• 12. 2.3. Hierarchical and collective signals: the contextual dynamics of designatory forms
• 13. 2.4. A concluding note
• 14. 3. Speaking of Giving: The Pragmatics of Japanese Donatory Verbs
• 15. 4. Cross-Cultural Contrasts
• 16. 4.1. Pitch, politeness and sexual role
• 17. 4.2. Semiotic schism in Japanese-Western interaction
• 18. Appendix: Background notes on Japanese concepts of family and marriage
• 19. Notes
• 20. References
• 21. List of Figures, Tables, Diagrams
• 22. Fig.1 Simple flowchart of Japanese suffixes of address and reference
• 23. Fig.2 The performance and relationships of participants at the wedding reception
• 24. Fig.3 Corporate identification in designatory markers for the groom
• 25. Fig.4 Semiotic schism
• 26. Table 1. A comparison of speech giver's speech acts
• 27. Table 2. Apologetic formulae occurring at the reception
• 28. Table 3. Designatory markers for the groom occurring at the reception
• 29. Table 4. The phonational ranges of the subjects
• 30. Table 5. The fundamental frequency in Hz of Japanese and English politeness formulae obtained by pitch meter at the beginning and end of each utterance
• 31. Table 6. The fundamental frequency in Hz of Japanese and English politeness formulae obtained by spectographic analysis at the peak and end of each utterance
• 32. Diagram 1. Donatory forms where G is not the speaker nor belongs to the speaker's ingroup
• 33. Diagram 2. Donatory forms where G is the speaker or in the speaker's group
• 34. Diagram 3. Donatory forms where R is the speaker or in the speaker's ingroup
• 35. Diagram 4. Scales of implicational deference where the giver is the speaker

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Details

• NCID: BA0061102X
• ISBN:
  • 155619000X
  • 9027225516
• LCCN: 86026369
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam
• Pages/Volumes: x, 153 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P40.45.J3
  • DC19 : 401/.9/0952
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sociolinguistics -- Japan
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00196992