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The Analyzation of the Language Revitalisation Techniques on the Ryūkyū Islands from a Multidisciplinary Perspective

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Zsófia HIDVÉGI zsohidvegi[@]gmail.com Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary   I started my research in 2011, during a yearlong scholarship at Josai Kokusai University (Tōgane, Chiba). I was examining the language use and code switch of university students of Okinawan origin, and the language shift of the younger generations toward standard Japanese, especially if they were settled … Read more

Rethinking Community?: Alternative Housing as a Response to Alienation in Contemporary Japan

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  Caitlin MEAGHER Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston meagherc[@]wit.edu   At this year’s annual meeting, I presented a paper entitled ‘Rethinking community?: alternative housing as a response to alienation in contemporary Japan’ adapted from the final chapter of my doctoral thesis. The paper emerged out of the apparent gap between the rhetorical uses of ‘community’ … Read more

The JAWS mailing list

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JAWS also maintains a mailing list for news and information. It is available to all registered JAWS members, and joining information is included with the initial JAWS membership message. Please join JAWS to find out how to sign up for the mailing list. NOTE TO EXISTING SUBSCRIBERS: to update your email address on the list … Read more

Go-aisatsu from the Secretary General 2019

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Recently, the Japanese government announced a new era name. When Crown Prince Naruhito will succeed to the Chrysanthemum throne on 30 April 2019, years will be counted as Reiwa, a period of ‘order and peace’. The Abe government seems to be hopeful that after a period of economic troubles, disasters and societal changes, the country … Read more