Style shifting in Japanese / edited by Kimberly Jones, Tsuyoshi Ono.

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TextSeries: Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 180.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 335 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789027289667
9027289662
9789027254252
9027254257
1282104861
9781282104860
9786612104862
6612104864

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Style shifting in Japanese.DDC classification:

495.6 22

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PL635 .S79 2008eb

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Contents:

Style Shifting in Japanese; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; The messy reality of style shifting; Style shifts in Japanese academic consultations; Interpersonal functions of style shift: The use of plain and masu forms in faculty; Speech style shift as an interactional discourse strategy; Playing with multiple voices; Riyuu 'Reason' for Nai Desu and Other Semi-Polite Forms?; Masen or Nai Desu -- That is the question; The power of femininity; Tuning speech style and persona.

Summary: This innovative and interdisciplinary book on style shifting in Japanese brings together a wide range of perspectives and methodologies--including discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, and functional linguistics--to look at a variety of types of style shifting in both spoken and written Japanese discourse. Though diverse in approach, the contributions all reflect the belief that language use is inextricably linked to both context and language structure in mutually constitutive relationships. Topics covered include shifting between "polite" and "plain" styles, the emergence

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This innovative and interdisciplinary book on style shifting in Japanese brings together a wide range of perspectives and methodologies--including discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, and functional linguistics--to look at a variety of types of style shifting in both spoken and written Japanese discourse. Though diverse in approach, the contributions all reflect the belief that language use is inextricably linked to both context and language structure in mutually constitutive relationships. Topics covered include shifting between "polite" and "plain" styles, the emergence