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Japanese Address Terms in “Sazae-san”

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Abstract An analysis cencerning the address terms of Japanese is made by examining their usages in “Sazae-san”, a TV program where we can find plenty ef examples of modern Japanese. lt reveals the following so...ciolonguistic rules on how to address others.(1)The Japanese makes a distinction between superiers and inferiors. As the reflection of this fact, k (kinship terms) and T (titles) are used for the former, FN (first name) and LN(last name)for the latter. Furthermore, K and T are used non-reciprocally, that is,those who give K (T) to the addressee receive FN (LN), while between equals FN and LN can be used reciprocally.(2) The Japanese also makes a distinction between in-group membership and out-group one. An important criterion for the distinction is the relationship. K and FN are used for the in-group members, T and LN for the out-group ones.Nevertheless, when the intimacy increases in the dyad, T can be replaced by LN in (1),LN by FN in (2) resulting in the reciprocal usage in both cases.show more

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Created Date 2009.04.22
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