Socializing Identities through Speech Style

Haruko Minegishi Cook is a Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She earned a PhD in Linguistics from University of Southern California. Her main research interests include language socialization, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and pragmatics. She has published in major journals and edited volumes and a number of articles on the Japanese sentence-final particles, honorifics, and style shift from a constructivist perspective.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Indexical Approach to Language and Language Socialization Chapter 2. Social Meaning and Indexicality Chapter 3. Functions of the Masu Form Chapter 4. Identity Construction Through Use of the Masu Form: JFL Learners and Host Families Chapter 5. Marked and Unmarked Uses of the Masu Form in the Homestay Context Chapter 6. Explicit Language Socialization: Socialization to Use Polite Language Chapter 7. Implications of the Study for L2 Pragmatics and Pedagogy Chapter 8. Conclusion References Appendix 1 Appendix 2

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