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This book examines dilemmas faced by second language (L2) Japanese
speakers as a result of persistent challenges to their legitimacy
as speakers of Japanese. Based on an ethnographic interview study
with L2-Japanese speakers and their L1-Japanese-speaking friends,
co-workers and significant others, the book examines ideologies
linked to three core speech styles of Japanese - keigo or polite
language, gendered language and regional dialects - to show how
such ideologies impact L2-Japanese speakers. The author
demonstrates that speaker legitimacy is often tenuous for L2
speakers and argues that, despite increasing numbers of
Japanese-speaking foreign residents in Japan, native speaker bias
remains a persistent issue for L2-Japanese speakers living and
working in Japan. This book extends the discussion of native
speaker bias beyond educational contexts, and in the process
reveals tensions between how L2 speakers aspire to speak and how L1
speakers expect them to speak.
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