Ideologies of Communication in Japan
Speakers, Interaction and the Creation of Difference
Published on 15. July 2025
Book
Hardback
210 pages
978-1-80041-924-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents case studies of ideologies of communication in Japan which respond to recent epistemological and methodological developments in the field and reflect the subject-wide shift from ideologies of language to ideologies of communication. Chapters explore a wide range of language contexts, from formal language learning settings to video games, smartphones and language use in couples and by immigrants. The authors use an array of innovative methodological approaches and theoretical perspectives, including language portraits, soundscapes and social space. The book also contains chapters that present positive perspectives on ideologies, examining how they can be created and mobilized to inspire specific groups to pursue their interests. Together the chapters give a complex and inclusive picture of language in Japan and the current breadth of the field of ideologies of communication.
Reviews / Votes
Japan is undergoing profound changes, mainly driven by demographic dynamics: ageing, population decline, immigration. This is also reflected in changing communication practices and ideologies inspected in this volume. By expounding the complex interaction of gender relations, non-native speakerhood, social roles and cultural dynamics it helps us understand the growing diversity and increasing disparities that characterise Japan today. * Florian Coulmas, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany * While this volume does, as the title suggests, provide a deep insight into ideologies of communication in contemporary Japan, it is much more than that. It is an excellent collection of contributions that show how reflexive projections span, and interrelate among, multiple semiotic modes, genres, and communicative practices. * Juergen Spitzmueller, University of Vienna, Austria * Led by a crystal-clear review on the classical approach to language ideology in Japanese sociolinguistics, the chapters in this volume contribute towards a comprehensive focus: ideologies of communication. The broad array of research domains and methodologies sparks a lively and engaging discussion on the ramifications of ideologies of communication in the context of contemporary Japan. * Ruriko Otomo, Hokkaido University, Japan *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
511 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80041-924-7 (9781800419247)
DOI
10.21832/HEINRI9247
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Persons
Patrick Heinrich is a professor of Sociolinguistics and Japanese Studies at Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Italy. He is the author of The Making of Monolingual Japan (Multilingual Matters, 2012), and his many edited books include The Handbook of Ryukyuan Languages (de Gruyter Mouton, 2015) and The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics (Routledge, 2019).
Florian Grosser is a doctoral student and project assistant at the Department of Linguistics, University of Vienna, Austria. He is interested in ideologies of language (learning) and narratives of lived experiences of language(s) in contemporary Japan.
Saana Santalahti is a doctoral student in the Doctoral Programme in Language Studies (HELSLANG) at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She is especially interested in the sociolinguistics of Ainu and the Ryukyuan languages.
Florian Grosser is a doctoral student and project assistant at the Department of Linguistics, University of Vienna, Austria. He is interested in ideologies of language (learning) and narratives of lived experiences of language(s) in contemporary Japan.
Saana Santalahti is a doctoral student in the Doctoral Programme in Language Studies (HELSLANG) at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She is especially interested in the sociolinguistics of Ainu and the Ryukyuan languages.
Content
Tables and Figures
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Chapter 1. Florian Grosser, Patrick Heinrich, Saana Santalahti: Ideologies of Communication in Japan: An Introduction and Overview
Part 1. International Encounters
Chapter 2. Riikka Laensisalmi: Constructing the 'seikatsusha' through Japanese as a Second Language: Ideologies of Communication in Language Education Policy and Locally Produced Learning Materials
Chapter 3. Kayoko Hashimoto: Monolingual Approach and Multilingual Learners: A New Phase of Japanese Language Education Policy
Chapter 4. Jae DiBello Takeuchi: L2 Japanese Speakers and Language Ideologies: The Impact of Monolingual Bias on Beliefs about Unwanted Code-Switching
Chapter 5. Florian Grosser: Emotion, Competence and Context in a Multilingual Relationship: A Metapragmatic Perspective
Chapter 6. Patrick Heinrich: Ameyoko Shopping Street in Tokyo: Urban Space as an Ideological Palimpsest
Part 2. Mediated Communication in the Digital Age
Chapter 7. Wesley C. Robertson: Orthography, Identity and Ideology: Script Variation as a Social Practice in Japan(ese)
Chapter 8. Eugenia Diegoli: Normative Practices of Linguistic Correction on Hatsugen Komachi: A Corpus-Assisted Approach to (Meta)discourses around Linguistic 'Mistakes'
Chapter 9. Lorenzo Moretti: Enregisterment, Indexicality and Iconisation in Contemporary Japanese Fictionalised Orality: Creativity of Independent Game Developers in Written Video Game Dialogue
Chapter 10. Francesco Vitucci: Language Ideologies and Gender Stereotypes: Representation of Adult Masculine Speech in the Japanese Dub of the American Series Never Have I Ever
Part 3. Minoritized Communities
Chapter 11. Takeshi Nakashima: Ableism toward Language by People with Disabilities: The Relationship between the Body and Ideology
Chapter 12. Saana Santalahti: Sowing Seeds of Knowledge for Future Generations: Possibilities to Empower Ainu Language and People through Tourism
Chapter 13. Yumiko Ohara: Questioning, Challenging and Reformulating Dominant Language Ideologies in Japan: The Cases of Ainu and Uchinaaguchi
Saana Santalahti, Florian Grosser, Patrick Heinrich: Conclusion: The Creation and Contestation of Difference
Index
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Conventions
Chapter 1. Florian Grosser, Patrick Heinrich, Saana Santalahti: Ideologies of Communication in Japan: An Introduction and Overview
Part 1. International Encounters
Chapter 2. Riikka Laensisalmi: Constructing the 'seikatsusha' through Japanese as a Second Language: Ideologies of Communication in Language Education Policy and Locally Produced Learning Materials
Chapter 3. Kayoko Hashimoto: Monolingual Approach and Multilingual Learners: A New Phase of Japanese Language Education Policy
Chapter 4. Jae DiBello Takeuchi: L2 Japanese Speakers and Language Ideologies: The Impact of Monolingual Bias on Beliefs about Unwanted Code-Switching
Chapter 5. Florian Grosser: Emotion, Competence and Context in a Multilingual Relationship: A Metapragmatic Perspective
Chapter 6. Patrick Heinrich: Ameyoko Shopping Street in Tokyo: Urban Space as an Ideological Palimpsest
Part 2. Mediated Communication in the Digital Age
Chapter 7. Wesley C. Robertson: Orthography, Identity and Ideology: Script Variation as a Social Practice in Japan(ese)
Chapter 8. Eugenia Diegoli: Normative Practices of Linguistic Correction on Hatsugen Komachi: A Corpus-Assisted Approach to (Meta)discourses around Linguistic 'Mistakes'
Chapter 9. Lorenzo Moretti: Enregisterment, Indexicality and Iconisation in Contemporary Japanese Fictionalised Orality: Creativity of Independent Game Developers in Written Video Game Dialogue
Chapter 10. Francesco Vitucci: Language Ideologies and Gender Stereotypes: Representation of Adult Masculine Speech in the Japanese Dub of the American Series Never Have I Ever
Part 3. Minoritized Communities
Chapter 11. Takeshi Nakashima: Ableism toward Language by People with Disabilities: The Relationship between the Body and Ideology
Chapter 12. Saana Santalahti: Sowing Seeds of Knowledge for Future Generations: Possibilities to Empower Ainu Language and People through Tourism
Chapter 13. Yumiko Ohara: Questioning, Challenging and Reformulating Dominant Language Ideologies in Japan: The Cases of Ainu and Uchinaaguchi
Saana Santalahti, Florian Grosser, Patrick Heinrich: Conclusion: The Creation and Contestation of Difference
Index