Socializing Identities through Speech Style

Sommario

Chapter 1. Introduction: Indexical approach to language and language socialization; Chapter 2. Social meaning and indexicality; Chapter 3. Functions of the masu form; Chapter 4. Identity construction through use of the masu form: JFL learners and host families; Chapter 5. Marked and unmarked uses of the masu form in the homestay context; Chapter 6. Explicit language socialization: Socialization to use polite language; Chapter 7. Implications of the study for L2 pragmatics and pedagogy; Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Info autore

Haruko Minegishi Cook is a Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. She earned a PhD in Linguistics from University of Southern California. Her main research interests include language socialization, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and pragmatics. She has published in major journals and edited volumes a number of articles on the Japanese sentence-final particles, honorifics, and style shift from a constructivist perspective.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Haruko Minegishi Cook, Prof Haruko Minegishi Cook
• Editore: Channel View Publications
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2008
• Dimensioni: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 520 g
• Serie: Second Language Acquisitions
• Categoria: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per corsi di lingua