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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813354303321

Autore

Tanaka Lidia

Titolo

Gender, language and culture : a study of Japanese television interview discourse / / Lidia Tanaka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2004

ISBN

1-282-16059-1

9786612160592

90-272-9570-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Studies in language companion series, , 0165-7763 ; ; 69

Disciplina

95.6/014

Soggetti

Japanese language - Discourse analysis

Conversation analysis - Social aspects - Japan

Interviewing in mass media - Japan

Communication - Sex differences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Gender, Language and Culture -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Contents -- List of abbreviations and conventions -- List of data transcription conventions -- Romanization of Japanese: Hepburn system -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Notes -- 2 The television interview genre -- Notes -- 3 Turntaking -- Note -- 4 Gender, age and status diĊ¸erences in the interview -- Note -- 5 Aizuchi in the interview -- Notes -- 6 Aizuchi tokens and asymmetry -- Notes -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 1 Tables -- Appendix II Aizuchi frequency -- Index -- The STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the relationship between gender, age and role in Japanese television interviews. It covers a wide range of topics on Japanese communication; cultural and gender variables are interwoven in the interpretation of the findings. The study shows how participants interact through language and how they project their identities in the context of the interview. Based on a qualitative analysis, speech in mixed and same gender interactions is analysed, turntaking, terms of address and aizuchi (listener's responses) are examined. The findings



reveal interesting characteristics of all-female interactions, such as the influence of age that appears to be more important than gender; an observation that has repercussions in the study of gender and language differences in modern Japan. This book is an interdisciplinary study that integrates notions of politeness and theories of gender and language, and will be of interest to people researching Japanese culture and communication, gender studies and institutional language.