“Modality” and “Quality” in Japanese Language: Difficulties for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

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  • 日本語の「形」と「質」について―聞こえない・聞こえにくい人たちにとっての困難―

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<p>Language impairment is not the responsibility of individuals, but also of the society that takes existing language operations for granted. Taking such understanding into consideration, this paper describes and attempts to visualize the difficulties that are found in the language lives of people who are deaf and hard of hearing. In this study, linguistic phenomena derived from fieldnotes obtained from real life situations were analyzed from the perspective of the “modality” and “quality” of language. The results showed that in the lives of deaf and hard of hearing people, sound and voice communication may be disadvantageous, but counter strategies exist. In addition, current Japanese language, which is based on the assumption that people can hear, has factors that make it difficult for people who cannot hear to use. These factors were summarized. Finally, from the viewpoint of the social model of language phenomena, the importance of conceptualizing Japanese language so that it is easy to understand for the deaf and hard of hearing was discussed.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390297969552144768
  • DOI
    10.19024/jajls.26.1_123
  • ISSN
    21897239
    13443909
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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    Disallowed

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