Japanese Address Terms in “Sazae-san”

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  • 『サザエさん』に見られる呼びかけ語

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An analysis cencerning the address terms of Japanese is made by examining their usages in “Sazae-san”, a TV program where we can find plenty ef examples of modern Japanese. lt reveals the following sociolonguistic rules on how to address others.(1)The Japanese makes a distinction between superiers and inferiors. As the reflection of this fact, k (kinship terms) and T (titles) are used for the former, FN (first name) and LN(last name)for the latter. Furthermore, K and T are used non-reciprocally, that is,those who give K (T) to the addressee receive FN (LN), while between equals FN and LN can be used reciprocally.(2) The Japanese also makes a distinction between in-group membership and out-group one. An important criterion for the distinction is the relationship. K and FN are used for the in-group members, T and LN for the out-group ones.Nevertheless, when the intimacy increases in the dyad, T can be replaced by LN in (1),LN by FN in (2) resulting in the reciprocal usage in both cases.

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  • 言語文化論究

    言語文化論究 1 71-77, 1990-03-30

    Institute of Languages and Cultures, Kyushu University

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  • CRID
    1390853649692279296
  • NII Article ID
    110000522731
  • NII Book ID
    AN10175926
  • DOI
    10.15017/4262
  • HANDLE
    2324/4262
  • ISSN
    13410032
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • IRDB
    • CiNii Articles
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    Allowed

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