Japanese Communication : : Language and Thought in Context / / Senko K. Maynard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Maynard, Senko K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1997]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

In an accessible and original study of the Japanese language in relation to Japanese society and culture, Senko Maynard characterizes the ways of communicating in Japanese and explores Japanese language-associated modes of thinking and feeling. Japanese Communication: Language and Thought in Context opens with a comparison of basic American and Japanese values via cultural icons--the cowboy and the samurai--before leading the reader to the key concept in her study: rationality. Writing for those who have a basic knowledge of Japanese language and culture, Maynard examines topics such as masculine and feminine speech, swearing, expressions of ridicule and conflict, adverbs of emotional attitude and the eloquence of silence. Maynard provides a refreshing and entertaining perspective for interpreting contemporary Japan, sometimes in contrast to the United States.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Romanization -- Introduction: Japanese Communication -- 1. The Context of Japanese Communication -- 1. Cultural Myth, Self, and Society -- 2. Relationality and Communication -- 3. Competing Orientations within Relationality -- 4. Relationality Cues in the Sociocultural Context of Japan -- 5. Relationality and the Concept of Self -- 2. Japanese Language in Context -- 6. Styles and Varieties of the Japanese Language: Responding to Social Needs -- 7. Japanese Phrases: Expressing Emotion and Speaker’s Attitude -- 8. Japanese Sentence Structure: Grammar in Context -- 9. Japanese Communication Strategies: Collaboration toward Persuasion -- 3. Japanese Thought in Context -- 10. Relationality and Language-Associated Thought -- 11. Centrality of Scene: The World as a Relational Place -- 12. Nonagent Orientation: The World as “Becoming -- 13. More than Words: A World beyond Description -- 14. Echoing “Voices from the Heart”: A World of Things and Emotions -- 15. Manipulation of Textual Voices: A World of Shifting Points of View -- 16. Speaking as Self-Narrative: The World as a Subjective and Interpersonal Place -- 4. Japanese Communication in Global Context -- 17. Japanese Text and Talk in Contrast -- 18. Japan–U.S. Intercultural Communication -- 19. Misinformation and Media in Global Context -- 20. Toward a New Awareness -- Appendix -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index