An Analysis of Language Shifting: The Use of Danseigo by Women in the Workplace

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200325.067How to use a DOI?

Keywords

danseigo, joseigo, masculinity, workplace

Abstract

There are several varieties of languages found in Japanese. These include danseigo (man language) and joseigo (woman language). Both of these languages are still used by Japanese people nowadays, but there is a shift in its use. One type of shift in these languages is that danseigo recently also used by women in work situations. The purpose of this study was to determine general reasons in a concrete manner which made women use a variety of danseigo in the workplace. The method used in this research is a descriptive analysis method. The data are conversations by women who used danseigo in workplace collected from Japanese movie named “Spirited Away”. The data analyzed especially based on the use of ninshoo daimeishi (pronouns) and shuujoshi (particle used in the end of the sentence). The result showed that the use of danseigo by women in workplace occurs due to reasons for firmness in commands, accentuating masculinity, high up the tone of speech, showing strong positions, make close relationship between seniors and juniors, deliver information that can be easily known by the speakers, firmness, command, shows a strong position as owner and for taking the attention by the others.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muhammad Peri Syaprizal
AU  - Qistike Handay Pugar
AU  - Nuria Haristiani
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/31
TI  - An Analysis of Language Shifting: The Use of Danseigo by Women in the Workplace
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 127
EP  - 131
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200325.067
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200325.067
ID  - Syaprizal2020
ER  -