Essays about: "keigo"

Found 4 essays containing the word keigo.

1. 1. Iru vs Irassharu, and other lexical substitutions in Japanese : focusing on second language acquisition by Swedish learners

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Joakim Wikman; [2020]
   Keywords : Japanese; Lexical substitutions; Keigo; Second language acquisition; Honorifics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the difference between Swedish learners of Japanese and Japanese native speakers when they use lexical substitutions. The hypotheses made for this thesis was that second language learners would find it difficult to apply humble lexical substitutions to themselves and their social group. READ MORE

3. 2. Transitioning towards Sustainability : What are we waiting for?

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

   Author : Keigo Arai; Fernanda Pia; Kristopher La Ray Armstrong; [2018]
   Keywords : Transition Movement; small-scale community transitions; sustainability; FSSD.;

   Abstract : There is growing consensus that humanity is being confronted with a sustainability challenge of which the severity has never been known to modern man. This pressing situation is demanding solutions and alternatives to change the path of society. READ MORE

4. 3. The Polite Press Release - Politeness in English/Japanese press releases following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Johan Nordgren; [2012]
   Keywords : Japanese; English; Polite; Politeness; Face; PR; Business Relationships; Keigo; Press Release; Brown and Levinson; TEPCO; BP; Deepwater Horizon; Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill; Fukushima Daiichi; Great East Japan Earthquake; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay attempts to distinguish differences in politeness in Japanese and English press releases, with a specific focus on TEPCO and BP in the aftermath of their respective environmental disasters. Through the use of discourse analysis, PR theory and the Brown and Levinson politeness model I find that the Japanese press releases favour negative politeness, whereas the English favour positive politeness. READ MORE

5. 4. The paradigm of -haru

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Jacob Eveson; [2012]
   Keywords : morphology; Kyoto; keigo; Kansai; Japanese; honorifics; -haru; dialect; grammaticality; paradigm; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The focus of this paper is the paradigm of the Kyoto realization of the dialectal honorific suffix -haru found in the dialects spoken in the Kansai area of western Japan. A number of hypothetical forms are examined and tested against the intuitions of a native Japanese speaker familiar with the dialects of the Kansai area, including the Kyoto dialect, and the morphological possibilities and constraints of the suffix are then elaborated upon through further examination of the tested forms deemed to be nonexistent. READ MORE