Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 2011/04 -2015/03
Author : KINSUI Satoshi; MOTOHAMA Hidehiko; YAMAKIDO Hiroko; OKAZAKI Tomoko; SUGA Sayaka; MATSUI Tomoko; JUNG Hyeseon; TESHIGAWARA Mihoko; OKAZAKI Tomoko; YAMAGUCHI Haruhiko; NISHIDA Takamasa; YOSHIMURA Kazuma; IWATA Miho; FUJIMOTO Mariko; OTAGAKI Satoshi
A particular expression (in terms of vocabulary, grammar, set phrases, intonation and speech tempo) can be sometimes linked to its speaker’s personal makeup: age, gender, occupation, social class, generation, looks and personality. Such expressions are called role language.
The goals of this project were five-fold: (i) to further develop the theory of role language, (ii) to develop comparative studies of role language, (iii) to study role language vocabulary in Japanese historically, (iv) to investigate the history of various types of role language, and (v) to extend role language studies to relevant fields.