Socializing Identities through Speech Style : Learners of Japanese as a Foreign Language.
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Clevedon :
Multilingual Matters,
2008.
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Colección: | Second Language Acquisition, No. 32.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.