Application of the Menzerath-Altmann Law to Contemporary Written Japanese in the Short Story Style

Benešová, Martina; Birjukov, Denis

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“…During this study, three key methodological issues emerged. One is that corpus linguistic software can only recognise words if their boundaries are determined using space-a feature that is rarely used in Japanese writing, if at all (Benešová and Birjukov 2015;Den n.d.). Therefore, to prepare the 4 Since the HUMANS and BAKENEZUMI corpora are derived from a larger corpus (i.e., the FNW corpus), they are referred to as subcorpora (sing., 'subcorpus').…”

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The views expressed in this journal are those of the authors, and do not necessarily coincide with those of the editors, the members of the Editorial Advisory Board or The Japan Foundation, Sydney.Japanese names are written in first name-surname order, in accordance with English-language convention. The long vowel sound in Japanese is indicated by a macron (e.g., kotsu), unless in common use without (e.g., Tokyo).

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“Watashi-tachi wa ningen da!”: A Corpus-Assisted Analysis of a Non-Human Character in the Anime Series ‘From the New World’

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2018

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This paper focuses on how social meanings indexed by language use in the real world can be recontextualised in telecinematic texts such as anime to construct and convey different aspects of a character's identity. In a case study of the science-fiction anime series, From the New World (Shinsekai Yori; 2012-13), the paper analyses three corpora comprised of dialogue from the series in order to shed light on the discursive construction of the non-human character Squealer. A non-human character was selected to minimise the influence of preconceptions about identity. Drawing on Androutsopoulos's (2012) three-level film analysis framework and Bucholtz and Hall's (2005) identity framework, the approach incorporates both computerised and manual discourse analysis. The computer-facilitated keyword analysis provides initial insights into the character's demographic information and speech style, showing the key linguistic features used by the character's species, and by extension, the focal character. This is complemented by a detailed analysis of dialogue from selected scenes which shows how various aspects of the character's identity are expressed using different linguistic devices in different contexts. The analysis demonstrates that shifts between the use and non-use of certain linguistic features serve to foreground different aspects of a character's identity-namely, stances and presentational personae. By integrating corpus linguistic analysis with scene-based analysis drawing on sociolinguistic concepts, the study shows how we can gain insights into telecinematic characters' identities through language. The paper also highlights issues encountered in applying corpus linguistic methodologies to analyses of Japanese language, which may be of use to future researchers and software developers in this area.

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Quantitative aspects of the clause: Length, position and depth of the clause

Sanada

2018

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

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Application of the Menzerath-Altmann Law to Contemporary Written Japanese in the Short Story Style

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“Watashi-tachi wa ningen da!”: A Corpus-Assisted Analysis of a Non-Human Character in the Anime Series ‘From the New World’

Quantitative aspects of the clause: Length, position and depth of the clause

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