THE JAPANESE HONORIFIC LANGUAGE: ITS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

• Authors: Soucova J.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article focuses on the sociolinguistic context of the system of polite communication in Japanese. It discusses its roots, development as well as psychological effect on the Japanese verbal behaviour. In the light of comparison with the Korean system of polite language the uniqueness of the Japanese system is presented.

Keywords

EN

COMPARISON WITH KOREAN; JAPANESE; POLITE TERMS; RESPECT LANGUAGE

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 136-147
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Soucova J.

• J. Soucova, Katedra jazykov a kultur krajin Vychodnej Azie, Filozofická Fakulta, Univerzita Komenského, 818 01 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06SKAAAA00781916