Contrastive Sociolinguistic Studies of Language Behaviors between Japanese and German
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10610496
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
独語・独文学
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMASHITA Hitoshi Faculty of Language and Culture, Osaka University Associate Professor, 言語文化部, 助教授 (70243128)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
山下 仁 大阪大学, 言語文化部, 助教授 (70243128)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 1999
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
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| Keywords | Language Behaviors / Politeness / Honorific Expressions / Japanese and German / Sociolinguistics / Contrastive Sociolinguistics / 対照言語学 / 評価概念 / 敬語 / 談話分析 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study was empirically conducted in three areas in Japan in order to contrast Japanese with German in terms of language behavior. The same survey method that had been already adopted in Germany was used in this study. It is that two researchers observed and collected data from the clerks at the stores such as department stores and perfumeries. Their language behaviors were also evaluated, by using the protocol. The data of seventy settings were collected in total. The following results concerning Japanese language behavior were obtained:
1. Very wide variation of Japanese language behavior was used.
2. Japanese language behavior was evaluated variously.
3. When one often use honorific expressions, it was not necessary to consider them as polite.
4. It was often observed that people use honorific expressions including non-standard dialects.
5. The expressions which correspond to the positive politeness by Brown and Levinson (1987) were taken as polite.
In future we will contrast Japanese with German data in terms of language behavior and consider them in detail.
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