Sociopragmatics of Japanese - Theoretical Implications

Obana and Haugh question the extent to which commonly accepted theories in pragmatics can readily explain sociopragmatic phenomena in Japanese. Their book proposes a framework for exploring sociopragmatic phenomena, building on the key sociopragmatic axes of indexing, evaluating and relating, and offers fresh new perspectives.

List of contents

1. Introduction Part I: Indexing 2. Honorifics 3. Routine Formulae 4. Politeness strategies Part II: Evaluating 5. Giving/Receiving expressions 6. Honorific irony Part III: Relating 7. Joint utterances 8. Off-record requests 9. Concluding remarks

About the author

Yasuko Obana is Professor at the School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan.
Michael Haugh is Professor of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in the School of Languages and Cultures at The University of Queensland, Australia.

Summary

Obana and Haugh question the extent to which commonly accepted theories in pragmatics can readily explain sociopragmatic phenomena in Japanese. Their book proposes a framework for exploring sociopragmatic phenomena, building on the key sociopragmatic axes of indexing, evaluating and relating, and offers fresh new perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Haugh, Haugh Michael, Yasuko Obana, Yasuko (Kwansei Gakuin University Obana
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9780367521233
• ISBN: 978-0-367-52123-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Research in Pragmatics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Japan, Travel & holiday guides, Japanese, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Japanese, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language teaching and learning, Travel and holiday guides, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), TRAVEL / Asia / East / Japan, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc