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1 online resource (xxii, 464 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
I. The languages and language varieties of Japan: 1. Ainu language and Ainu speakers / Mika Fukazawa -- 2. Ryukyuan sociolinguistics / Masahide Ishihara, Katsuyuki Miyahara, Gijs van der Lubbe, Patrick Heinrich -- 3. Ryukyu-substrate Japanese: Contact effects on the replacing language / Mark Anderson -- 4. Japanese dialects / Shinji Sanada -- 5. Koine and koineization / Shin Abe -- 6. Language and migration in Japan / Ruriko Otomo -- 7. English in Japan / Ryuko Kubota -- II. The multilingual ecology: 8. Metroethnicity: From standardized identities to language aesthetics / John C. Maher -- 9. Metrolingualism in transitional Japan / Emi Otsuji -- 10. Linguistic landscape / Peter Backhaus -- 11. Bilingualism and bilingual education in Japan / Sachiyo Fujita-Round -- 12. Japan as a multilingual society / Hiroshi Shoji -- III. Variation, style and interaction: 13. Language variation and change / Kazuko Matsumoto -- 14. Code switching, language crossing and mediatized translinguistic practices / Rika Yamashita -- 15. Language and social relations / Zi Wang -- 16. Politeness / Yasuko Obana -- 17. Impoliteness / Yukiko Nishimura -- 18. Gendered speech / Yumiko Ohara -- IV. Language problems and language planning: 19. Language policy and planning / Ruriko Otomo -- 20. Script and orthography problems / Hidenori Masiko (translated from Japanese by Yumiko Ohara) -- 21. Literacy and illiteracy / Takeshi Nakashima -- 22. Japanese language spread in the colonies and occupied territories / Toshiaki Yasuda (translated from Japanese by Yumiko Ohara) -- 23. Ainu language shift / Takayuki Okazaki -- 24. Language shift in the Ryukyu Islands / Mark Anderson -- 25. Language rights / Goro Christoph Kimura -- V. Research Overviews: 26. Language life (gengo seikatsu) / Patrick Heinrich -- 27. The study of Japanese language speakers / Riikka Länsisalmi -- 28. Studies of Ryukyu-substrate Japanese / Mark Anderson |
| Summary |
Presenting new approaches and results previously inaccessible in English, the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics provides an insight into the language and society of contemporary Japan from a fresh perspective. While it was once believed that Japan was a linguistically homogenous country, research over the past two decades has shown Japan to be a multilingual and sociolinguistically diversifying country. Building on this approach, the contributors to this handbook take this further, combining Japanese and western approaches alike and producing research which is relevant to twenty-first century societies. Organised intofive parts, the sections covered include: The languages and language varieties of Japan. The multilingual ecology. Variation, style and interaction. Language problems and language planning. Research overviews. With contributions from across the field of Japanese sociolinguistics, this handbook will prove very useful for students and scholars of Japanese Studies, as well as sociolinguists more generally |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Patrick Heinrich is Professor at the Department of Asian and African Studies at Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Italy, where he teaches Japanese and Ryukyuan sociolinguistics. His recent publications include Urban Sociolinguistics (Routledge, 2017) and The Making of Monolingual Japan (2012). Yumiko Ohara is Professor in the College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai°i at Hilo, USA, where she teaches pragmatics and linguistics of endangered languages. Her publications include Various Approaches to Japanese Discourse (2007) |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 03, 2019) |
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Sociolinguistics -- Japan
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Japanese language -- Social aspects
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics.
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Japanese language -- Social aspects
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Sociolinguistics
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Japan
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Heinrich, Patrick, editor.
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Ōhara, Yumiko, editor
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| LC no. |
2019005836 |
| ISBN |
9781315213378 |
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1315213370 |
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9781351818391 |
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1351818392 |
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9781351818407 |
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1351818406 |
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9781351818384 |
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1351818384 |
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