Language ideologies and l2 speaker legitimacy: native speaker bias in japan

Auteur :
Takeuchi, Jae DiBello
Éditeur :
Multilingual Matters
ISBN :
9781800414631
Date de publication :
16 sept. 2025
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book examines dilemmas faced by second language Japanese speakers as a result of persistent challenges to their legitimacy as speakers of Japanese. It explores ideologies linked to three core speech styles of Japanese – keigo or polite language, gendered language and regional dialects – to show how such ideologies impact L2-Japanese speakers.