Book contents
- The Social Life of the Japanese Language
- The Social Life of the Japanese Language
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Book part
- Notes on orthographic and naming conventions
- Introduction
- Part I The notion of Nihongo
- 1 Standard Japanese and its others: Building the national language
- 2 Standard and regional Japanese: Diversity in attitudes and practice
- Part II Japanese honorifics and Japanese “politeness”
- Part III Japanese language and gender
- Reflections: Looking backward, looking forward
- References
- Index
1 - Standard Japanese and its others: Building the national language
from Part I - The notion of Nihongo
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2016
Book contents
- The Social Life of the Japanese Language
- The Social Life of the Japanese Language
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Book part
- Notes on orthographic and naming conventions
- Introduction
- Part I The notion of Nihongo
- 1 Standard Japanese and its others: Building the national language
- 2 Standard and regional Japanese: Diversity in attitudes and practice
- Part II Japanese honorifics and Japanese “politeness”
- Part III Japanese language and gender
- Reflections: Looking backward, looking forward
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Social Life of the Japanese LanguageCultural Discourse and Situated Practice, pp. 27 - 73Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016