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Japanese native speakers' attitudes towards attention-getting ne of intimacy in relation to Japanese femininities

Oyama, Atsuko
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1217941651

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2008, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, East Asian Languages and Literatures.
This thesis investigates Japanese people's perceptions towards female speakers who use "attention-getting ne of intimacy" in discourse in relation to femininity. This thesis employs the matched-guise technique using this attention-getting ne as its variable. In addition, people's explicit thoughts about femininity were examined. The findings reveal a novel type of womanhood, clingy womanhood, which has a minimal association with the traditional Japanese concept of femininity. The findings suggest that when listeners thought the speakers to be siblings in their early twenties, they also believed that the speakers project a greater degree of clingy womanhood when this ne was present than when it was absent. The findings also suggest that attention-getting ne of intimacy is related to male-centered femininity in the perceptions of male listeners. Overall, the essential connotations of the particle ne, that is, intimacy, rapport, and involvement, seem to have a significant effect on the relationship between attention-getting ne of intimacy and femininity, in the context of conversation treated in this study.
Mari Noda (Advisor)
Mineharu Nakayama (Committee Member)
Kathryn Campbell-Kibler (Committee Member)
172 p.
Gender; Language
particle ne; attention-getting; femininity; perceptions; gender and language

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  • Oyama, A. (2008). Japanese native speakers' attitudes towards attention-getting ne of intimacy in relation to Japanese femininities [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1217941651

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Oyama, Atsuko. Japanese native speakers' attitudes towards attention-getting ne of intimacy in relation to Japanese femininities. 2008. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1217941651.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Oyama, Atsuko. "Japanese native speakers' attitudes towards attention-getting ne of intimacy in relation to Japanese femininities." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1217941651

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