Language Use in Culture Spaces of the Buraku: A Case Study.

Yamamoto, Akira Y.

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ERIC Number: EJ166049

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Publication Date: 1977

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Language Use in Culture Spaces of the Buraku: A Case Study

Yamamoto, Akira Y.

Anthropological Linguistics, 19, 4, 133-134, Apr 77

Presents a case study in which the use of intricate varieties of levels of honorifics in Japanese is more complicated than traditional sociolinguistics has shown. The buraku (Japanese barrio) treated here is situated in the west part of Honshu, Japan, and consists of 13 households. (CHK)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Japanese, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Styles, Language Usage, Language Variation, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication

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