34.1014, FYI: "Loanwords and Japanese Identity: Inundating or Absorbed?" by Dr. Naoko HOSOKAWA

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Subject: 34.1014, FYI: "Loanwords and Japanese Identity: Inundating or Absorbed?" by Dr. Naoko HOSOKAWA

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From: Maria Telegina [mstelegina at gmail.com]
Subject: "Loanwords and Japanese Identity: Inundating or Absorbed?" by Dr. Naoko HOSOKAWA


Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo
Lecture and Book Launch
Date: Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm JST
Location: Zoom


Abstract:
Is our language inundated by loanwords? Or is it being enriched by
absorbing foreign vocabulary? We often hear such discussions in
contemporary Japan. But why does this topic attract so much public
interest? By criticising or praising the use of loanwords, what values
are promoted by participants in this discussion? Grappling with these
questions, Loanwords and Japanese Identity: Inundating or Absorbed?
provides an in-depth analysis of metalinguistic discourse on lexical
borrowing in the Japanese language. In order to explore the
relationship between language and identity, it focuses particularly on
recurrent wordings in the debates, such as verbs, adjectives,
metaphors, and contrasts as well as example loanwords. Examining the
evolution of language used to talk about loanwords, the book argues
that the debates over the use of loanwords reveal what is valued in
the Japanese society as a reflection of the on-going (re-)negotiation
of Japanese identity.


For more information including registration:
https://www.tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/ai1ec_event/8891/

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     General Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics
                     Translation

Subject Language(s): Japanese (jpn)




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