Language Ideologies and L2 Speaker Legitimacy : Native Speaker Bias in Japan

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.

• | : Jae DiBello Takeuchi
• | Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• | Publication Date: Mar 31, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 208 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1800414641
• | ISBN-13: 9781800414648