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Jae DiBello Takeuchi

Language Ideologies and L2 Speaker Legitimacy: Native Speaker Bias in Japan

Language Ideologies and L2 Speaker Legitimacy: Native Speaker Bias in Japan

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Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 16 September 2025
Publisher: Multilingual Matters

This book examines dilemmas faced by second language Japanese speakers as a result of persistent challenges to their legitimacy as speakers of Japanese. It explores ideologies linked to three core speech styles of Japanese – keigo or polite language, gendered language and regional dialects – to show how such ideologies impact L2-Japanese speakers.

Weight: 290g
Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800414631

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