Socializing Identities through Speech Style : : Learners of Japanese as a Foreign Language /

Socializing Identities through Speech Style : : Learners of Japanese as a Foreign Language / / Haruko Minegishi Cook.

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Drawing on the perspective of language socialization and a theory of indexicality, this book explores ways in which learners of Japanese as a foreign language and their Japanese host families socialize their identities through style shift between the masu and plain forms in a homestay context. Going...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Cook, Haruko Minegishi,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: An 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
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • References
  • Index

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