Title: Explorations in Japanese sociolinguistics
First published: 1986
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 genral introduction on Japanses sociolingstics is followed by two case studies, one on the ethnography of ritual and address at a Japanese wedding reception, and one on pragmatics of Japanese donatory verbs. The final chapter discusses cross-cultural contrasts and the danger of semiotic schism in Japanese-Western interactions."--Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Sociolinguistics, Japanese language
Places: Japan
LC classification: P40.45.J3 L68 1986