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HUMILIATIVE AND DEFERENTIAL EXPRESSIONS IN MODERN JAPANESE.

HUMILIATIVE AND DEFERENTIAL EXPRESSIONS IN MODERN JAPANESE.

Authors :
Kyoko SANO
Source :
Analele Universităţii. Seria Ştiinţele Limbii, Literatură şi Didactica Predării, Limbi şi Literaturi Străine; 2022, Issue 1, p181-203, 23p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

This paper discusses the pragmatics of humiliative-deferential expressions in modern Japanese. Huang (2007:171) shows that honorific forms or humiliative and deferential expressions are social deixis. My central claim in this article is that Japanese humiliatives and deferentials are sensitive to indexical features, i.e. the speaker or the addressee features. This lexical distinction has been associated with sociological characterization of uchi 'in-group' and soto 'out-group' by Suzuki (1978), but the application of this characterization to lexical divide in kinship terms has not been well worked out or defined. No previous theories have made this distinction clear. However, the consensus seems to exist in that this lexical divide is associated with formality depending on whether the referent belongs to in-group or out-group. I argue against such claim. Adopting Manning's (2001:57) definition of indexical as a component of social deixis, I propose the distinction is a matter of indexing the contextual role of the referent. I will support my argument by distinguishing social deixis from speech style markers and showing that the humiliative and deferential expressions are distinct from speech style markers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20650868
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Analele Universităţii. Seria Ştiinţele Limbii, Literatură şi Didactica Predării, Limbi şi Literaturi Străine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
161917970