Maji ssu ka? Isn’t that honorific

Ambiguity of New Japanese honorific ssu

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21200985
AutoresNobuaki Akagi (Macquarie University), Mio Bryce (0000-0003-3806-0036, Macquarie University), Hiroshi Suzuki (0000-0003-1555-157X, Osaka Prefectural Makino high school)
Ano2020
Volume11
Fascículo4
Páginas505-523
Data de publicação2020-11-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPragmatics and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1878-9714 • E-ISSN: 1878-9722
EditoraJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/ps.16002.aka
OpenAlexW2985483010
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas17

Japanese honorifics used by younger generations are dynamic sites of tensions and discrepancies due to disagreeable conceptions and interpretations among different generations and social groups. It has become a social issue in modern Japanese society often described as keigo no midare ‘disorder in honorific’. This article examines the increased use of ssu by young Japanese speakers as a substitution of the polite form copular desu . This honorific expression plays a role as a relatively new polite form to convey ambivalent emotions to express respect and concurrently their desire to seek affinity and engagement. By analysing Japanese fictions, popular cultures and online-blog comments on the use of ssu , we demonstrate diversity in the social perception of this new honorific

Ambivalence · Honorific · Linguistics · Politeness · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism