Language Ideologies and L2 Speaker Legitimacy - Native Speaker Bias in Japan

This book examines dilemmas faced by second language Japanese speakers as a result of persistent challenges to their legitimacy as speakers of Japanese. It explores ideologies linked to three core speech styles of Japanese - keigo or polite language, gendered language and regional dialects - to show how such ideologies impact L2-Japanese speakers.

About the author

Jae DiBello Takeuchi

is Associate Professor of Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana, USA. Her research interests include Japanese sociolinguistics and language variation, second language acquisition, foreign language pedagogy, native speaker bias, and speaker legitimacy.

Product details

• Authors: Jae Dibello Takeuchi
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 16.09.2025
• EAN: 9781800414631
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-463-1
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Multilingual Matters
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Japanese, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Language teaching and learning, Bilingualism & multilingualism, East & Southeast Asian languages, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Bilingualism and multilingualism