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Zusatztext Reviewed in JALT Journal, 32.1, May 2010 ‘This book is eclectically informative, good scholarship, and a sound plug for conversation analysis' Informationen zum Autor Junko Mori is Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA where she teaches Japanese language and linguistics. Amy Snyder Ohta is Associate Professor at the University of Washington, USA where she teaches Japanese language and applied linguistics. Vorwort A showcase of the recent developments in Japanese Applied Linguistics. Zusammenfassung Showcases the developments in Japanese Applied Linguistics. This book covers a range of issues and influential theoretical and methodological frameworks, many of which are of concern not only for Japanese specialists but also applied linguists in general. It is suitable for graduate students in both applied linguistics and Japanese linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Junko Mori (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) and Amy Snyder Ohta (University of Washington, USA) \ Part I: Re-examination of language in action \ 1. Conversation and grammar: Approaching so-called conditionals in Japanese, Tsuyoshi Ono (University of Alberta, USA) and Kimberly Jones (University of Arizona, USA) \ 2. Negotiating agreement and disagreement in Japanese: An analysis of designedly ambiguous turn completion points, Junko Mori (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) and Kanae Nakamura (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) \ 3. Construction of speech styles: The case of the Japanese naked plain form, Haruko Minegishi Cook (University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Hawaii) \ Part II: Ideologies, diversities, and identities \ 4. Keigo ideology, Patricia J. Wetzel (Portland State University, USA) \ 5. The use of "regional" and "standard" Japanese in conversations: A case study from Osaka, Shigeko Okamoto (California State University, USA) \ 6. When the coach is a woman: The situational meanings of so-called masculine directives in a Japanese boxing gym, Misao Okada (Hokusei Gakuen University, Japan) \ 7. Discursive practices and changing identities in elderly Japanese women, Yoshiko Matsumoto (Stanford University, USA) \ Part III: Japanese as an additional language \ 8. Laughter and second language acquisition: A study of Japanese foreign language classes, Amy Snyder Ohta (University of Washington, USA) \ 9. Making inquiries: Toiawase strategies by Japanese L1 and L2 callers to Japanese educational institutions, Lindsay Amthor Yotsukura (University of Maryland, USA) \ 10. Transnationalism, imagined communities, and language minority education in Japan, Yasuko Kanno (Temple University, USA) \ Part IV: Critical reflection on language pedagogy \ 11. Learner competence as a resource in the Japanese as a foreign language classroom: Issues in oral assessment, Dina Rudolph Yoshimi (University of Hawai'i-Manoa, Hawaii) \ 12. Critical approaches to teaching Japanese language and culture, Ryuko Kubota (University of North Carolina, USA) \ Bibliography \ Index ...
