Abstract
This article analyzes seven Japanese all-male friendly conversations, focusing on stereotypically gendered sentence-final particles to ascertain whether and how Japanese men native to the Kansai (western) region of Japan, aged 19-68 years, use these features to create a gendered identity. Quantitative methods are employed to establish the frequency with which such stereotypically gendered forms are used. A close discourse analysis investigates how the men use these forms in particular contexts to index particular identities, which may or may not correspond to traditional notions of Japanese masculinity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 81-107 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Journal | Language in Society |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Gender and language
- Japanese
- Kansai region
- Language ideology
- Masculinity
- Sentence-final particles
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Sociology and Political Science
- Linguistics and Language