Japanese Communication: Language and Thought in Context

Contents

vii Contents Preface ix Introduction: Japanese Communication 1 1 The Context of Japanese Communication 7 1 Cultural Myth, Self, and Society 9 2 Relationality and Communication 17 3 Competing Orientations within Relationality 25 4 Relationality Cues in the Sociocultural Context of Japan 29 5 Relationality and the Concept of Self 37 2 Japanese Language in Context 45 6 Styles and Varieties of the Japanese Language: Responding to Social Needs 49 7 Japanese Phrases: Expressing Emotion and Speaker’s Attitude 83 8 Japanese Sentence Structure: Grammar in Context 103 9 Japanese Communication Strategies: Collaboration toward Persuasion 133 viii Contents 3 Japanese Thought in Context 163 10 Relationality and Language-Associated Thought 165 11 Centrality of Scene: The World as a Relational Place 171 12 Nonagent Orientation: The World as “Becoming” 175 13 More than Words: A World beyond Description 179 14 Echoing “Voices from the Heart”: A World of Things and Emotions 183 15 Manipulation of Textual Voices: A World of Shifting Points of View 185 16 Speaking as Self-Narrative: The World as a Subjective and Interpersonal Place 191 4 Japanese Communication in Global Context 197 17 Japanese Text and Talk in Contrast 199 18 Japan–U.S. Intercultural Communication 211 19 Misinformation and Media in Global Context 217 20 Toward a New Awareness 221 Appendix 227 References 237 Author Index 247 Subject Index 249 ...