An analysis of Sex Stereotypes in the Japanese Language
By means of a questionnaire (based on a pilot study: Jorden 1974 a) administered to a group of 18- to 25-year-old speakers of standard Japanese, the present study identifies 60 lexical/grammatical feature which are considered to be indicators of the sex of a speaker. These 60 items are assigned a re...
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| description | By means of a questionnaire (based on a pilot study: Jorden 1974 a) administered to a group of 18- to 25-year-old speakers of standard Japanese, the present study identifies 60 lexical/grammatical feature which are considered to be indicators of the sex of a speaker. These 60 items are assigned a relative numerical value and are placed in a hierarchy ranging from those features through those to be strongly masculine or feminine, through those which are somewhat so, to varying degrees, to be the most statistically significant are self-reference and Address Forms, Sentence Particles, and Politeness Levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e99ae8340164429d9c53eab0f2db50632022-12-22T02:20:26ZengUniversity of KansasKansas Working Papers in Linguistics2378-76001983-01-0189512210.17161/KWPL.1808.516An analysis of Sex Stereotypes in the Japanese LanguageEdiger, Anne M.By means of a questionnaire (based on a pilot study: Jorden 1974 a) administered to a group of 18- to 25-year-old speakers of standard Japanese, the present study identifies 60 lexical/grammatical feature which are considered to be indicators of the sex of a speaker. These 60 items are assigned a relative numerical value and are placed in a hierarchy ranging from those features through those to be strongly masculine or feminine, through those which are somewhat so, to varying degrees, to be the most statistically significant are self-reference and Address Forms, Sentence Particles, and Politeness Levels.http://hdl.handle.net/1808/516Japanese language-- Sex differences |
| spellingShingle | Ediger, Anne M. An analysis of Sex Stereotypes in the Japanese Language Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics Japanese language-- Sex differences |
| title | An analysis of Sex Stereotypes in the Japanese Language |
| title_full | An analysis of Sex Stereotypes in the Japanese Language |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of Sex Stereotypes in the Japanese Language |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of Sex Stereotypes in the Japanese Language |
| title_short | An analysis of Sex Stereotypes in the Japanese Language |
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| topic | Japanese language-- Sex differences |
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