The Japanese Journal of Language in Society

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On the Inaugural Volume of "The Japanese Journal of Language in Society"

Munemasa TOKUGAWA

Article type: Article
1998 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 1-2
Published: November 30, 1998
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.19024/jajls.1.1_1

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Messages from Around the World

[in Japanese], William BRIGHT, Nikolas COUPLAND, Allan BELL, Joshua A. ...

Article type: Article
1998 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 3-10
Published: November 30, 1998
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.19024/jajls.1.1_3

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A Survey on Perception of "Bilinguals" : What the Results Imply

Masayo YAMAMOTO

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1998 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 11-18
Published: November 30, 1998
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.19024/jajls.1.1_11

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In order to investigate how bilingualism is generally perceived in Japan, a questionnaire survey was conducted with 144 university students. Three main points became clear from the survey results: 1) "bilinguals" are generally given relatively positive images; 2) "bilingual" is defined relatively strictly, with bilinguals being expected to have a rather good command of at least the speaking and listening skills in both languages, preferably all four skills; and 3) to most subjects, "bilingual" means a speaker of Japanese and English, but not a speaker of other languages.

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Styles of Utterance in Language Behavior Using Minus Treatment Expressions : On Language Behavior with Restrictions

Junji NISHIO

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1998 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 19-28
Published: November 30, 1998
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.19024/jajls.1.1_19

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Speakers place restrictions on their linguistic interaction when involving the expression of hostility, otherwise they cannot maintain good relationships with the hearer. Here, I refer to those elements of language behavior which are subjected to restriction and in what manner utterances are made. The data from this experimental investigation involves 480 utterances. The results indicate that adolescents employ coarse vocabulary to show hostility, while adults seldom do so, selecting instead expressions which expose hostility or making inquisitive utterances. The results indicate a feature of language behavior whereby when restrictions are placed on the expression of emotional desire, such emotional desire is satisfied by other elements which form a characteristic utterance style dependent upon linguistic habit and competence.

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Sociolinguistic Commonality in the Loss of Languages

Margaret Jean SIMMONS

Article type: Article
1998 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 29-37
Published: November 30, 1998
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.19024/jajls.1.1_29

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This paper reviews selected studies of language death. The process of language death in communities is addressed by looking at structural changes and sociolinguistic factors. The relationship between the dying language and the dominant contact language is considered as well as the relationship between fluent speakers who have fully acquired the dying language and non-fluent speakers with only partial acquisition. Dorian (1981) and Schmidt (1985) provide the basic context for the discussion with additional examples from other studies. Comments on the reactions of language communities, attempts to prevent language death and linguists' work with endangered languages are included.

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On the Occasion of the Birth of a New Interdisciplinary Association

Takesi SIBATA, Katsumi SHIBUYA, Takashi OKA

Article type: Article
1998 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 38-43
Published: November 30, 1998
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The History of Sociolinguistics, Christina Bratt Paulston & G. Richard Tucker (Eds.), "The Early Days of Sociolinguistics-Memories and Reflections", 1997, Summer Institute of Linguistics

John C. MAHER

Article type: Article
1998 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 44-50
Published: November 30, 1998
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Establishing Japanese Research on Discourse, Mayumi Sakuma, Seiju Sugito, Kan'ichi Hanzawa (Eds.), "The Organization of Sentential and Conversational Discourse"

Takashi MUTO

Article type: Article
1998 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 51-56
Published: November 30, 1998
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.19024/jajls.1.1_51

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On Reading an "Invitation", Yoshiaki Hashimoto (Ed.), "Invitation to the Study of Communication"

Yukari TANAKA

Article type: Article
1998 Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 57-59
Published: November 30, 1998
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.19024/jajls.1.1_57

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