Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Conventions -- Part I The languages and language varieties of Japan -- 1 Ainu language and Ainu speakers -- Introduction -- Studies on Ainu vocabulary, grammar and dialect division -- Early studies by explorers and missionaries -- Modern studies of Ainu -- Studies on language contact -- Ainu phonology -- Ainu loanwords in Japanese -- Japanese loanwords in Ainu -- Ainu second language learning -- Standardization and orthographies -- Female speech and levels of politeness -- Miscellaneous and outlook -- Notes -- References -- 2 Ryukyuan sociolinguistics -- Introduction -- Changing attitudes towards Ryukyuan languages -- Governmental and institutional language attitudes and policies -- Community members' attitudes toward their language -- Linguistic landscape -- Public signage research in the Ryukyus -- Further topics of Ryukyuan LL study -- Language variation -- Regional variation -- Sociolects -- Language revitalization and second language learning -- Language revitalization -- Second language learning: Materials and courses -- Outlook -- Notes -- References -- 3 Ryukyu-substrate Japanese: Contact effects on the replacing language -- Terminological definitions -- Generational subgroups -- Phonological transfer from the substratum -- Substrative effects on function morphemes -- Substrative effects on lexical items -- Research desiderata -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 4 Japanese dialects -- Introduction -- Geographical variation -- Dialect divisions -- Dialects and languages -- Standard language and common language -- The current sociolinguistic situation -- Uses of dialects and Standard Japanese -- Occurrences of interstyle -- Uchinaa yamatuguchi and yamatu uchinaaguchi in Okinawa.

Dialect promotion -- Dialect functions -- The evolution of dialectology in Japan -- From linguistic geography to sociolinguistics -- Developing the "glottogram" -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 Koine and koineization -- Introduction -- Research in western contexts -- Discussions on koine and koineization in Japanese contexts -- Dialect contact and koine -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 Language and migration in Japan -- Introduction -- Oldcomers: Then and now -- Accepting newcomers: A form of international responsibility -- The opening of "side doors": Migration as a problem-solving strategy -- International students -- Technical trainees -- Nikkeijin -- Migration in the age of demographic change -- Ways forward -- Notes -- References -- 7 English in Japan -- Introduction -- English for formal education: Development of foreign-language-in-education policies -- Non-formal learning of English: From test preparation to language desire -- Linguistic landscape -- Language ideologies -- English as a global language -- Normative beliefs about the legitimate language -- Racialization of English and English speakers -- English as a medium for expressing Japanese identity -- "The earlier the better" -- Macro-ideology #1: Internationalization and nationalism in US-Japan relations -- Macro-ideology #2: Neoliberalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II The multilingual ecology -- 8 Metroethnicity: From standardized identities to language aesthetics -- Language change and the personal -- Shinjinrui and lifestyle languages -- Language and belonging -- Language, being and funky fairytales -- Ethnicity and language: A volatile relation -- Language, murder and dialects -- Ganguro: The dark transgressive nature of the speaking body -- The banality of oppression and reconfiguring to ethnic lite -- Language aesthetics.

Baseball speaks kokugo - football speaks nihongo -- Style matters -- Identities and meaningful contradictions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9 Metrolingualism in transitional Japan -- Transitional Japan -- Language in the city: Trajectories of metrolingualism -- Spatial repertoire and metrolingual assemblages -- Petit Paris as a metrolingual site: "Pizza mo two more minutes coming" -- Spatial repertoires -- Multimodal, multisensory repertoires and assemblages -- Conclusion: Metrolingual affordance -- Acknowledgement -- Notes -- References -- 10 Linguistic landscape -- Introduction -- Early beginnings -- Language services -- Marking the territory -- Variation from within -- On closer reading -- Concluding remarks -- References -- 11 Bilingualism and bilingual education in Japan -- Introduction: Bilingualism at the crossroads -- Bilingualism in the afternoon -- Twenty-first century bilingualism in Japan - myths and numbers -- Language standardization -- The economy, bilingualism and education -- Accepting nikkeijin -- Vestiges of the past and war orphan bilinguals -- Bilingualism and sociolinguistics -- Early work on bilingualism - sociolinguistic approaches -- Research on bilingual education - kikokushijo -- Early research on bilingual education and pedagogy -- Japanese as second language children at Japanese school -- Outlooks on bilingualism -- Localizing the discourse on bilingual education -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 12 Japan as a multilingual society -- Introduction -- Approaches to multilingualism -- Multilingual situation -- Multilingual competence and activities -- Multilingual ideologies and policies -- The multilingual mind -- Manifestations of a monolingual mind in Japan -- Transition to a multilingual mind? -- Signs of change -- Background of these changes -- Outlook -- Notes -- References.

Part III Variation, style and interaction -- 13 Language variation and change -- Introduction -- Basic research questions -- Methodological principles of language variation and change -- Studies in Japanese language variation and change -- Phonological and phonetic variation and change in Japanese -- Morphosyntactic variation and change in Japanese -- Gender-related variation in Japanese -- Variation and change in diaspora Japanese -- Outlook -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- 14 Code-switching, language crossing and mediatized translinguistic practices -- Code-switching -- Universals and non-universals in intrasentential CS -- Domains and functions of CS -- Language transgressions -- Crossing -- Dialect cosplay -- Is dialect cosplay "crossing" for fun? -- Role language, fictional styles and registers -- Race, ethnicity and Japanese language -- Aruyo kotoba -- English as a foreign-role language and stylization of "whiteness" -- Mock Korean -- Mediatized translinguistic practices -- Translinguistic buzzwords of the past -- Karaoke nau! -- Transliterated foreign language terms and phatic communication -- Outlook -- Notes -- References -- 15 Language and social relations -- Introduction -- The linguistic constitution of social relations: Discursive practices, social constructionism and the Japanese language -- From language life to sociolinguistics: Early theoretical origins -- The age of empirical research: Data revealing the constitutive nature of language on social relations -- Language standardization -- Honorifics research -- The emergence of discourse analytic and ethnomethodological approaches in the West and their inroad into Japanese sociolinguistics -- Methodological innovations (but research still dispersed in diverse areas) -- Outlook -- List of transcription conventions -- Notes -- References -- 16 Politeness -- Introduction.

Japanese honorifics -- The status of Japanese honorifics in pragmatic principles -- Honorifics as wakimae -- Honorifics as a negative strategy -- The origin of honorifics -- The origin of honorifics in modern Japanese -- Role change and honorific change -- Honorific strategies: The implementation of one's tachiba -- Praising a senior's professional performance -- Offer and suggestion to a senior -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 17 Impoliteness -- Introduction -- Early approaches to impoliteness -- Lexical studies -- Impoliteness as "minus treatment expressions" -- Impoliteness research online -- Online bullying -- Impoliteness and verbal abuse of women -- Impoliteness in communities of practice -- Political discourse -- Internet discussion forums -- Anthropological approaches to the study of impoliteness -- A subcultural community of idols and fans -- Akutai matsuri or "curse festivals" -- Future directions in research on impoliteness -- References -- 18 Gendered speech -- Introduction: Historical background -- Approaches to the study of women's language: Sex, gender, gender role -- Deficient, difference and dominance approaches -- Wakimae (discernment) -- Historical approaches -- Sociophonetic approaches -- Media studies -- Studies on men's speech -- Outlook -- References -- Part IV Language problems and language planning -- 19 Language policy and planning -- Introduction -- Overview of three developmental stages in the field of LPP -- A genealogy of Japanese LPP studies -- Classical LPP -- Critical LPP -- New-wave LPP -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- 20 Script and orthography problems -- Introduction -- Kanji problems -- Kana problems -- Latin alphabet problems -- Outlook -- Note -- References -- 21 Literacy and illiteracy -- Introduction -- Distinguishing literates and illiterates.

Literacy studies from an educational perspective.

Presenting new approaches and results previously inaccessible in English, this book provides insight into the language and society of contemporary Japan from a fresh perspective.

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