Japanese linguistics Japanese of language (syntax) This dertaking which brings to the fore some ofthe pro which fgure in language use Importantly it ets out to 6 lusive connection between lan- epee oa Wort wcvig sisson anee pragmatis. .. . Highly ” Journal of Asian Staies Communication Language and Thought in Context “This inspiring book, well as its culture, ind‘people. . . . Not only useful to those studying and ceachingjagandse but also those studying linguistics and ly interested in Japanese culture, society and language.” —South journal of Psychology 3) asourde ( proctoyy Senleo K. Maynard TUNWUO Bae ae ae AM LIAN i WoTzwO University of Hawaii Press Honolulu, Hawaii 96822-1888 ee J | HM =(© 1997 University of Hawai'i Press Al gh esr : To the memory of my mother, Prioed in the United States of America Harte Kamiya of Vomanasi, Japon 07 06 05 87654 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publcation Data Maynard Sena ee ' "Fpanesecommunicaon ; language and though in context / Senko Maya ne Include biographical erences and inde. ISBN 0-8249-1799-0 cloth alk paper) — ISBN O-6248-1678-4 Cooper ie paper) PL66S.M39 1997 302.70952—DC7 96-6386, cP. ‘Universi of Havati Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the 7 guidelines For permanence and durability ofthe Council on Library Resources Design by Jean CalabreseContents Preface ix Introduction: Japanese Communication 1 1 The Context of Japanese Communication 7 Coltural Myth, Self, and Society 9 Relationaity and Con Competing Orientations within Relaionality 25 Context of Jopan 29 Af 37 mnication 17 Relationality Cues in the Sociocultu Relationality and the Concept of 2 Japanese Language in Context 45 6 Styles and Varieties of the Japanese Language: Responding to Social Needs 49 Japanese Phrases: Expressing Fi Arsimnde 63 Japanese Sentence Structure: Grammar in Context 103 wotion and Speaker's Japanese Communication Strategies: Collaboration toward Persuasion 133,