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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Haugh, Haugh Michael, Yasuko Obana, Yasuko (Kwansei Gakuin University Obana
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.04.2023
• EAN: 9780367521202
• ISBN: 978-0-367-52120-2
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Routledge Research in Pragmatics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; Japan, Japanese, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Japanese, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, TRAVEL / Asia / East / Japan, Semantics & pragmatics