Politeness in Japanese Speech Acts: Developing a Method for Promoting Intercultural Understanding

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370608
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: Matsumura Yoshiko 九州大学, 言語文化研究院, 教授 (80156463)
• Research Collaborator: Weinberg Nadezhda ; Higashide Tomo ; Huyen Trang ; Omnia Arsagheer Hassan ; Honda Miho ; Lee Xixi ; Wolanski Bartosz ; Reeder Rosemarie
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ポライトネス / 言語行動 / 語用論 / 異文化理解教育 / 配慮表現 / 異文化コミュニケーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, by using the teaching materials and the mannuals for Japanese teachers we had developed, we practiced teaching politeness in Japanese speech acts both within and outside Japan and have built an international network for promoting intercultural understanding
First we delivered lectures and classes on Japanese politeness in Kyushu University and Nagoya University,Incheon University,and so on, and decided on the teaching method. Then, after investigating the actual conditions of teaching intercultural understanding in Japanese educational institutions outside Japan, we have built an international network for promoting intercultural understanding teaching. Based on the network, we are planning to promote intercultural understanding,in cooperation with Japanese teachers in such foreign universities as Shanghai International Studies University, Incheon University, University of Arizona, Irkutsk State University, and so on.

Free Research Field

言語学（語用論）、社会言語学