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  • Table of contents
  • FOREWORD
  • 0. DR. TAKESI SIBATA AND THE PRINCIPAL TRENDS IN JAPANESE SOCIOLINGUISTICS
  • 1. Purpose of this chapter
  • 2. The importance of Dr. Sibata in sociolinguistics
  • 2.1. The quantity of Dr. Sibataâ€?s contributions
  • 2.2. The quality of Dr. Sibataâ€?s contribution
  • 3. Dr. Sibataâ€?s life history and sociolinguistics
  • 3.1. Romanization
  • 3.2. The “Literacy Surveyâ€?
  • 3.3. Surveys of language standardization
  • 3.4. Survey of Honorifics
  • 3.5. Linguistic Atlas of Japan and Linguistic Atlas of Itoigawa
  • 3.6. Dr. Sibataâ€?s surveys as a University Professor4. Characteristics of Dr. Sibataâ€?s Research
  • 4.1. Inductive methodology
  • 4.2. Using the “scientificâ€? method
  • 4.3. Exhaustiveness
  • 4.4. Secular linguistics
  • 4.5. Originality
  • 4.6. The scholastic endeavor
  • (I) THE STUDY OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS
  • 1. THE LANGUAGE LIFE OF THE JAPANESE
  • 0. Introductory notes by the editors
  • 1. What is â€?language lifeâ€??
  • 2. The structure of life and linguistic behavior
  • 3. Communication which relies on speech
  • 4. Situations of linguistic communication
  • 5. Special characteristics of the language life of the Japanese2. THE SURVEY OF A SPEECH COMMUNITY AND ITS METHODOLOGY
  • 0. Introductory notes by the editors
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Dialectology, linguistic geography, and the survey of speech communities
  • 3. The procedure for studying a speech community
  • 4. One method of investigating a speech community
  • 3. A 24 HOUR SURVEY OF THE LANGUAGE LIFE OF THE JAPANESE
  • 0. Introductory notes by the editors
  • 1. The language life of the Japanese and the 24 hour survey
  • 2. The method of “the 24 hour surveyâ€?
  • 3. The content of the recordings4. Aims of analysis
  • 5. For future investigation
  • 4. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG INVESTIGATORS OF LINGUISTIC GEOGRAPHY
  • 0. Introductory notes by the editors
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Individual differences between speakers and between interviewers
  • 3. Simple individual differences
  • 4. Individual differences reflecting language history
  • 5. Analysis of survey materials and analysis of individual differences
  • (II) HONORIFICS
  • 5. HONORIFICS AND HONORIFICS RESEARCH
  • 0. Introductory notes by the editors
  • 1. Special Treatment2. Diversity of treatment expressions
  • 3. Methods of “keeping distanceâ€?
  • 6. THE HONORIFIC PREFIX “O-â€? IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE
  • 0. Introductory notes by the editors
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Lexical factors governing the use of o-. â€? The 4830 word / 18 informant survey â€?
  • 3. Social factors governing the use of o- â€? The 49 word / 472 informant survey â€?
  • Appendix I: Words with which o- is frequently used
  • Appendix II: Distribution of informants by district (chÃ?)
  • 7. LEARNING TO SAY “HAHAâ€?