{"pk":48962,"title":"A Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Addressee–Reference Usage of the First-Person Pronouns watasi(tati) in Japanese","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<p>Terms of address in Japanese have been studied abundantly, with particular attention paid to their referential use in daily life, for instance, kinship terms and personal pronouns. In order to broaden our understanding on terms of address, however, it is essential to describe and analyze less-frequently-used and 'marked' terms of address. This study paid particular attention to the addressee–reference usage of first-person pronouns watasi and watasitati. Specifically, these pronouns can be employed typically by male adult speakers to address younger adult female addressee(s). These pronouns are strategically chosen to satisfy conflicting sociolinguistic/communicative needs that cannot be satisfied by genuine second-person pronouns. The pronouns (watasi and watasitati), which copy the forms originally used by addressees to refer to themselves, neither sound too close nor too formal, striking a delicate balance in terms of interpersonal distance.</p>","language":null,"license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC-ND 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Poster Presentations","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1d21z3jc","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Kangwon","middle_name":"","last_name":"LEE","name_suffix":"","institution":"Seinan Gakuin University","department":"Center for Language Education"},{"first_name":"Kaoru","middle_name":"","last_name":"Horie","name_suffix":"","institution":"","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2025-07-11T06:29:01.878000Z","date_accepted":"2025-07-11T20:49:03.812000Z","date_published":"2025-07-07T10:00:00Z","render_galley":{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/japanesekoreanlinguistics/article/48962/galley/36885/download/"},"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/japanesekoreanlinguistics/article/48962/galley/36885/download/"}]}