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Cross-cultural contrastive approaches motivate research that questions the universality premise o... more Cross-cultural contrastive approaches motivate research that questions the universality premise of pragmatic theories by illustrating facts of local linguistic practices from diverse geographical areas. In the spirit of my earlier studies of Japanese (e.g. Matsumoto 1988, 1989), I suggest that contrastive pragmatics can lead the field of pragmatics to addressing variations in linguistic practice that go beyond the geographical diversity of cultures and encompass other types of “atypical” discourse, such as discourse of speakers with varied cognitive conditions including persons with Alzheimer’s. This paper argues for the pragmatics of understanding, i.e. the language users’ and the analysts’ efforts (i) to understand what speakers are trying to convey in verbal interaction and (ii) to understand local pragmatic principles of verbal exchange, and thereby to encourage more inclusive studies of pragmatics.
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley …, 2010
for discussions and for their encouragements on the topic.
Typological Studies in Language, 2017
Linguistics Vanguard
In older Japanese women’s conversational interactions associated with psychologically challenging... more In older Japanese women’s conversational interactions associated with psychologically challenging conditions such as experiences of illness and a husband’s death, there are segments told from a quotidian (or ordinary) perspective, i.e. a perspective that is affectively incongruous with the situation. With this quotidian (re)framing of their “painful” experiences, the participants collaboratively construct a quotidian positioning and stance, rather than the position that may be socially or contextually expected in the event or situation described in the conversation. This paper elaborates on the composition and social meaning of quotidian stance, referring to concepts such as frames, positioning, and stancetaking. The important psychological and social aspects of quotidian stancetaking in verbal interaction will be highlighted. One is that the performance of being quotidian in the context of retelling “painful” stories can index participants’ psychological resilience in difficult and...
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics
The noun-modifying clause construction (NMCC) in Japanese is a complex noun phrase in which a pre... more The noun-modifying clause construction (NMCC) in Japanese is a complex noun phrase in which a prenominal clause is dependent on the head noun. Naturally occurring instances of the construction demonstrate that a single structure, schematized as [[… predicate (finite/adnominal)] Noun], represents a wide range of semantic relations between the head noun and the dependent clause, encompassing some that would be expressed by structurally distinct constructions such as relative clauses, noun complement clauses, and other types of complex noun phrases in other languages, such as English. In that way, the Japanese NMCC demonstrates a clear case of the general noun-modifying construction (GNMCC), that is, an NMCC that has structural uniformity across interpretations that extend beyond the range of relative clauses.One of the notable properties of the Japanese NMCC is that the modifying clause may consist only of the predicate, reflecting the fact that referential density is moderate in Japa...
... Finally, my gratitude to my husband, John Ryan, and our daughter Mona for their patience and ... more ... Finally, my gratitude to my husband, John Ryan, and our daughter Mona for their patience and support is beyond what words can express. ... that room LOC party NOM was The party was held in that room.' a. [[hannin ga kane o nusunda] ginkoo] criminal NOM money ACC stole ...
Studies in Language Companion Series, 2014
Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1988
Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1988), pp. 166-175
Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1989
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1989), pp. 226-237
Language in Life, and a Life in Language: Jacob Mey, a Festschrift, 2009
Benjamins Current Topics, 2013
Constructions and Frames, 2010
Examining usage variations in a Japanese construction, the paper argues that knowledge represente... more Examining usage variations in a Japanese construction, the paper argues that knowledge represented in “interactional frames” (e.g. Fillmore 1982) is an important and integral part of our understanding of the construction. The discussion focuses on variations in noun-modifying constructions (NMCs) that are considered to be non-prototypical in conversational Japanese and demonstrates that social context and the purpose of the on-going discourse are crucially involved in the actual usage of NMCs. The paper suggests the theoretical importance of including pragmatic and sociocultural perspectives in the grammatical description.
Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 2008
... 'nothing changes'@>. 16 T:@@@ 17 J: sayoo desu ka. ... J in this seg... more ... 'nothing changes'@>. 16 T:@@@ 17 J: sayoo desu ka. ... J in this segment uses a forceful style, indicated by da in line 3, agreeing with R's assertion that the ginger rice is tasty, but this is the only use of forceful style in the transcribed part of the conversa-tion (1'40). ...
Lingua, 1990
... In analysing Japanese relative clauses ( atsumoto i1988b)), I write of a simple frame evoked ... more ... In analysing Japanese relative clauses ( atsumoto i1988b)), I write of a simple frame evoked by a predicate of the relative clause, and of tire integration of the elements of the relative clause into the given simple frame to yield what I call a composite frame. ...
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986
Cross-cultural contrastive approaches motivate research that questions the universality premise o... more Cross-cultural contrastive approaches motivate research that questions the universality premise of pragmatic theories by illustrating facts of local linguistic practices from diverse geographical areas. In the spirit of my earlier studies of Japanese (e.g. Matsumoto 1988, 1989), I suggest that contrastive pragmatics can lead the field of pragmatics to addressing variations in linguistic practice that go beyond the geographical diversity of cultures and encompass other types of “atypical” discourse, such as discourse of speakers with varied cognitive conditions including persons with Alzheimer’s. This paper argues for the pragmatics of understanding, i.e. the language users’ and the analysts’ efforts (i) to understand what speakers are trying to convey in verbal interaction and (ii) to understand local pragmatic principles of verbal exchange, and thereby to encourage more inclusive studies of pragmatics.
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley …, 2010
for discussions and for their encouragements on the topic.
Typological Studies in Language, 2017
Linguistics Vanguard
In older Japanese women’s conversational interactions associated with psychologically challenging... more In older Japanese women’s conversational interactions associated with psychologically challenging conditions such as experiences of illness and a husband’s death, there are segments told from a quotidian (or ordinary) perspective, i.e. a perspective that is affectively incongruous with the situation. With this quotidian (re)framing of their “painful” experiences, the participants collaboratively construct a quotidian positioning and stance, rather than the position that may be socially or contextually expected in the event or situation described in the conversation. This paper elaborates on the composition and social meaning of quotidian stance, referring to concepts such as frames, positioning, and stancetaking. The important psychological and social aspects of quotidian stancetaking in verbal interaction will be highlighted. One is that the performance of being quotidian in the context of retelling “painful” stories can index participants’ psychological resilience in difficult and...
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics
The noun-modifying clause construction (NMCC) in Japanese is a complex noun phrase in which a pre... more The noun-modifying clause construction (NMCC) in Japanese is a complex noun phrase in which a prenominal clause is dependent on the head noun. Naturally occurring instances of the construction demonstrate that a single structure, schematized as [[… predicate (finite/adnominal)] Noun], represents a wide range of semantic relations between the head noun and the dependent clause, encompassing some that would be expressed by structurally distinct constructions such as relative clauses, noun complement clauses, and other types of complex noun phrases in other languages, such as English. In that way, the Japanese NMCC demonstrates a clear case of the general noun-modifying construction (GNMCC), that is, an NMCC that has structural uniformity across interpretations that extend beyond the range of relative clauses.One of the notable properties of the Japanese NMCC is that the modifying clause may consist only of the predicate, reflecting the fact that referential density is moderate in Japa...
... Finally, my gratitude to my husband, John Ryan, and our daughter Mona for their patience and ... more ... Finally, my gratitude to my husband, John Ryan, and our daughter Mona for their patience and support is beyond what words can express. ... that room LOC party NOM was The party was held in that room.' a. [[hannin ga kane o nusunda] ginkoo] criminal NOM money ACC stole ...
Studies in Language Companion Series, 2014
Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1988
Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1988), pp. 166-175
Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 1989
Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1989), pp. 226-237
Language in Life, and a Life in Language: Jacob Mey, a Festschrift, 2009
Benjamins Current Topics, 2013
Constructions and Frames, 2010
Examining usage variations in a Japanese construction, the paper argues that knowledge represente... more Examining usage variations in a Japanese construction, the paper argues that knowledge represented in “interactional frames” (e.g. Fillmore 1982) is an important and integral part of our understanding of the construction. The discussion focuses on variations in noun-modifying constructions (NMCs) that are considered to be non-prototypical in conversational Japanese and demonstrates that social context and the purpose of the on-going discourse are crucially involved in the actual usage of NMCs. The paper suggests the theoretical importance of including pragmatic and sociocultural perspectives in the grammatical description.
Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 2008
... 'nothing changes'@>. 16 T:@@@ 17 J: sayoo desu ka. ... J in this seg... more ... 'nothing changes'@>. 16 T:@@@ 17 J: sayoo desu ka. ... J in this segment uses a forceful style, indicated by da in line 3, agreeing with R's assertion that the ginger rice is tasty, but this is the only use of forceful style in the transcribed part of the conversa-tion (1'40). ...
Lingua, 1990
... In analysing Japanese relative clauses ( atsumoto i1988b)), I write of a simple frame evoked ... more ... In analysing Japanese relative clauses ( atsumoto i1988b)), I write of a simple frame evoked by a predicate of the relative clause, and of tire integration of the elements of the relative clause into the given simple frame to yield what I call a composite frame. ...
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986