27.2876, Confs: Japanese, Pragmatics/UK

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Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 11:46:17
From: Ikuko Nakane [inakane at unimelb.edu.au]
Subject: Gender, Regional and Generational Varieties in Japan

 
Gender, Regional and Generational Varieties in Japan 

Date: 16-Jul-2017 - 21-Jul-2017 
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 
Contact: Lidia Tanaka 
Contact Email: l.tanaka at latrobe.edu.au 

Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics 

Subject Language(s): Japanese (jpn)

Meeting Description: 

Panel Conveners: Ikuko Nakane (The University of Melbourne) and Lidia Tanaka
(La Trobe University)

Aside from dialect specialists, most linguistic studies have traditionally
focused on standard Japanese or hyōjungo based on a variety of Japanese spoken
in the middle upper class neighbourhood of Tokyo. The speech of these speakers
was used to validate a number of generalizations such as the differentiation
between male and female language, or the use of honorifics and politeness
strategies. In recent years, however, many researchers have contested those
studies arguing that they are not representative of Japanese and they have
started to look at the speech of non-urban and non-standard variety speakers
from a variety of social and professional backgrounds (see e.g., Okamoto &
Shibamoto-Smith, 2004). 

Studies on dialect distribution, phonology, semantics, syntax, honorifics,
modern dialects and specific dialects have produced many interesting results.
While these have contributed enormously to the understanding of the diversity
of Japanese, there is a paucity of research from the viewpoint of discourse,
including language usage in one’s lifespan (Kobayashi & Shinozaki, 2003), and
dialect speakers’ development of different variants as well as hyōjungo
(Standard Japanese). The assumption that all dialects have honorifics and
‘genderlects’ needs to be critically explored with more empirical discourse
studies. A number of researchers have explored how particular linguistic
variables from standard Japanese are incorporated in younger generation of
‘dialect’ speakers (e.g., Takagi, 2005) or the code shifting to Standard
Japanese or dialect in the same conversation (e.g., Didi-Ogren, 2011; Okamoto,
2008), or the lack of ‘genderlects’ in some northern dialects; however, much
more research is needed in order to know, for example, when speakers adopt
features of new variations and what factors may trigger these changes. 

References:
Didi-Ogren, H. (2011). Japanese women’s language use and regional language
varieties: Gender and Language, 5(1), 61-87.
Kobayashi, T., & Shinozaki, Koichi (Ed.) (2003). A Guide Book to Dialect
Research. Tokyo: Hizuji.
Okamoto, S. (2008). Speech style and the use of region (Yamaguchi) and
Standard Japanese in conversations. In K. Jones & T. Ono (Eds.), Style
shifting in Japanese (pp. 229-250). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 
Okamoto, S., & Shibamoto-Smith, J. (Eds.). (2004). Japanese language, gender
and ideology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Takagi, C. (2005). Usage of the Standard Form janai (ka) by Young Speakers of
Kansai Dialect. The Society of Japanese Linguistics, 1(2), 19-33.
 

Call for Papers: 

This panel invites researchers to present contributions that:

- explore the intersection of age, gender and regional varieties in Japanese
- look at the usage of dialects and Standard Japanese in relation to gender
and shifting generational identities

Scholars who engage in empirical studies of gender, age and regional
identities in Japanese with innovative discourse pragmatic approaches are
invited to contribute to this panel.

Abstract length: 200 words
Abstract format: PDF or Plain text
Means of submission: email attachment
Expected timeline for notification of acceptance: 8 October
Call Deadline 30 September





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