Variation, gender and perception: the social meaning of Japanese linguistic variables

The social categories that characterize a speaker frequently correlate with the use of specific linguistic variables. Research suggests that such correlations are sometimes recognized as socially-indexed meanings. This study examines Japanese individuals’ attitudes toward variables that have been sh...

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Main Authors: Sherwood Stacey, Shaw Jason A., Kawahara Shigeto, Mailhammer Robert, Antoniou Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-07-01
Series:Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2022-0149