Title Socializing identities through speech style : learners of Japanese as a foreign language / Haruko Minegishi Cook

Published Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages) : illustrations Series Second language acquisition ; 32 Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 32. Contents Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: An Indexical Approach to Language and Language Socialization; Chapter 2 Social Meaning and Indexicality; Chapter 3 Functions of the Masu Form; Chapter 4 Identity Construction Through Use of the Masu Form: JFL Learners and Host Families; Chapter 5 Marked and Unmarked Uses of the Masu Form in the Homestay Context; Chapter 6 Explicit Language Socialization: Socialization to Use Polite Language; Chapter 7 Implications of the Study for L2 Pragmatics and Pedagogy; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Appendix 1 Questionnaire for JFL Learners Summary Drawing on the perspective of language socialization and a theory of indexicality, this book examines dinnertime talk in a homestay context and explores ways in which learners of Japanese as a foreign language and their Japanese host families socialize their identities through speech style Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-223) and index Notes Print version record Subject Japanese language -- Social aspects Japanese language -- Spoken Japanese. Sociolinguistics. Language learning: specific skills. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Japanese. Japanese language -- Social aspects Japanese language -- Spoken Japanese Form Electronic book ISBN 9781847691026 1847691021

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