TY - JOUR
T1 - Sounding like a father
T2 - The influence of regional dialect on perceptions of masculinity and fatherhood
AU - King, Sara
AU - Ren, Yi
AU - Idemaru, Kaori
AU - Sturtzsreetharan, Cindi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2022/4/9
Y1 - 2022/4/9
N2 - Previous work on the Osaka dialect (OD) collectively suggests that this western regional variant of Japanese is associated with informality, masculinity, and affective fatherhood-social meanings that can be recruited in the construction of audio-visual media personas. This study examines the use of OD by one protagonist in the film Soshite chichi ni naru/Like father, like son, as well as the social meanings that listeners attribute to this variety of Japanese. Specifically, we ask two questions: (i) to what extent is the production of OD in the film recognizable to native speakers of Japanese, and (ii) what qualities do Japanese language users attribute to OD? A dialect recognition experiment found low recognizability of OD but high recognizability of a general 'nonstandard Japanese' language variety. Qualitative data revealed that Japanese language users perceived OD to index various characteristics including that of a masculine, affective father.
AB - Previous work on the Osaka dialect (OD) collectively suggests that this western regional variant of Japanese is associated with informality, masculinity, and affective fatherhood-social meanings that can be recruited in the construction of audio-visual media personas. This study examines the use of OD by one protagonist in the film Soshite chichi ni naru/Like father, like son, as well as the social meanings that listeners attribute to this variety of Japanese. Specifically, we ask two questions: (i) to what extent is the production of OD in the film recognizable to native speakers of Japanese, and (ii) what qualities do Japanese language users attribute to OD? A dialect recognition experiment found low recognizability of OD but high recognizability of a general 'nonstandard Japanese' language variety. Qualitative data revealed that Japanese language users perceived OD to index various characteristics including that of a masculine, affective father.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0047404520000925
DO - 10.1017/S0047404520000925
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85128535937
SN - 0047-4045
VL - 51
SP - 285
EP - 308
JO - Language in Society
JF - Language in Society
IS - 2
ER -