Explorations in Japanese Sociolinguistics ISBN: 9789027279330 Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / John Benjamins Publishing Company Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time Subjects: Language/ Linguistics;
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.