S2_12: Young speakers of Japanese

S2_12

Young speakers of Japanese

Convenors:: Patrick Heinrich (Ca' Foscari University of Venice)
Riikka Länsisalmi (University of Helsinki)

Chair:: Zi Wang (Duisburg-Essen University)

Section:: Language and Linguistics

Location:: Torre B, Piso 3, T15

Start time:: 2 September, 2017 at 9:00

Session slots:: 1

Short abstract:

Language is transmitted from generation to generation, and it is changing as an effect thereof. Young Japanese is the future of Japanese.

Long abstract:

None provided, see abstracts of individual papers.

Accepted Papers:

Corrupted language? An examination of young students’ strategies of (im)politeness and identity negotiations

Doing friendship through conversational humour: a case study of spontaneous conversational interactions between two Japanese young men who identify as close friends