tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540266691729205856.post8267503347902363311..comments2023-06-11T15:41:33.472+01:00Comments on Superfluous Bear: The Gender DisasterChaobanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661257320091252500noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540266691729205856.post-22875379156724363452018-03-24T07:24:05.498+00:002018-03-24T07:24:05.498+00:00Thank you so much for your kind comment.
Japanese...Thank you so much for your kind comment.<br /><br />Japanese is distinct from many other languages in how men and women are expected to speak in comprehensively different ways. This includes different pronouns, use of honourific prefixes, inflections and sometimes choice of words, for example, the sum of which is that female speech is expected to convey an greater impression of softness and compliant respect. Women also generally speak at a higher register (level of politeness)than men - in Japanese there are several of these, each so distinct as to almost become its own language. All this is as much about social norms as about the language itself though; most people seem to comply, perhaps because Japanese society is profoundly hostile to non-conformity and delivers considerable stigma upon people who appear to behave differently to everyone else.Chaobanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02661257320091252500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540266691729205856.post-33754942363933943332018-03-24T07:23:43.806+00:002018-03-24T07:23:43.806+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chaobanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02661257320091252500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540266691729205856.post-64863496270068954792018-03-24T03:36:29.019+00:002018-03-24T03:36:29.019+00:00Wonderfully and eloquently written! Everything you...Wonderfully and eloquently written! Everything you write here is spot on. Thank you.<br />I'd love to hear more description about how the styles of spoken Japanese differ in expectation for men and women.Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811406094387310769noreply@blogger.com