[lg policy] bibitem: Language in Public Spaces in Japan

[Harold Schiffman]

Language in Public Spaces in Japan

This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural
developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from
the more common investigation of language in private contexts and
examining aspects of the language found in a range of significant
public spaces, from the material (an international airport, the
streets of Tokyo, the JSL classroom in Japan and courtrooms) to the
electronic (television dramas, local government web pages and
cyberspace).

Through its study of the language encountered in such settings, the
volume provides a deeper understanding of multifaceted aspects of
linguistic diversity, both in terms of the use of languages other than
Japanese and of issues relating to the Japanese language itself. The
variety of theoretical approaches brought to bear by contributing
authors ensures a substantial intellectual contribution to the
literature on language in contemporary Japan.

This book was published as a special issue of Japanese Studies.
Language in Public Spaces in Japan

Nanette Gottlieb FAHA is Professor of Japanese Studies and ARC
Professorial Fellow in the Japan Program, School of Languages and
Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland in
Brisbane. Her recent work includes Language and Society in Japan
(2005) and Linguistic Stereotyping and Minority Groups in Japan
(2006). She is currently working on a five-year study of the
challenges to language policy in Japan brought about by both increased
immigration and new technologies, with a book to be published by
Cambridge University Press in 2011.

http://www.goodezines.com/ezinearticles/language-in-public-spaces-in-japan/

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