2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A contrastive sociolinguistic research on politeness in Japanese and German
| Project/Area Number |
18520310
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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 |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMASHITA Hitoshi Osaka University, 大学院・言語文化研究科, 准教授 (70243128)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2009
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| Keywords | 独語 / 言語学 / 社会学 / 社会言語学 / 対照言語学 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aims to analyze the sales conversation in German and Japanese on the basis of an observation survey. This empirical study considers not only linguistic expressions that were used in the actual interactions, but also opinions of the native speakers (research assistants) and their comments on the observed interaction. The result revealed the Germans regard a long conversation with personal advices as polite, while the Japanese prefer a more concise usinesslike conversation.
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