Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics

ISBN-13: 9781501507472 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 600 str.

Yoshiyuki Asahi; Mayumi Usami; Fumio Inoue

Opis

This volume is the first comprehensive survey of Japanese sociolinguistic studies. The topics in this volume cover major issues in sociolinguistics that also characterize features of Japanese. Such topics as gender, honorifics, and politeness are particularly pertinent to Japanese. The volume also includes studies on other topics such as social stratification, discourse, contact, and language policy.

O autorze

Yoshiyuki Asahi and Fumio Inoue, NINJAL, Japan; Mayumi Usami, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan.