Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics

Presenting new approaches and results previously inaccessible in English, this book provides insight into the language and society of contemporary Japan from a fresh perspective.

Auteur

Patrick Heinrich is Professor at the Department of Asian and African Studies at Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Italy, where he teaches Japanese and Ryukyuan sociolinguistics. His recent publications include Urban Sociolinguistics (Routledge, 2017) and The Making of Monolingual Japan (2012).

Yumiko Ohara is Professor in the College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai i at Hilo, USA, where she teaches pragmatics and linguistics of endangered languages. Her publications include Various Approaches to Japanese Discourse (2007).