COMMUNICATION BEYOND COMMUNICATION CHARACTERISATION IN POPULAR CULTURE: A FOCUS ON JAPANESE
COMMUNICATION BEYOND COMMUNICATION CHARACTERISATION IN POPULAR CULTURE: A FOCUS ON JAPANESE
Kaba Ariel
[email protected] ELTE DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF LINGUISTICS
Supported by the ÚNKP-17-3 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Human Capacities.
aim • to provide a comprehensive communication-framework • to shed light on the phenomenon of characterisation • to legitimise popular culture
contents • introduction • theories •analysis •conclusion
introduction
popular culture
just popular culture (?)
language is „overwritten”
(characterisation)
theories so far 上 perspective of linguistics 中 (own) perspective of communication 下 enigmas of japanology
communication
communication (?)
役割語 • 役割語は、ことばの上でのステレオタイプと考えること ができます。 (金水敏 2013)
• 金水敏 (2003, 2007, 2011) • able to detect some of the characteristic verbal traits introduced & criticised in Hungary (Kaba 2016b)
役割語 • • • • • •
おお、そうじゃ、わしが知っておるんじゃ あら、そうよ、わたくしが知っておりますわ。 うん、そうだよ、ぼくが知ってるよ んだ、んだ、おら知ってるだ。 そやそや、わしが知ってまっせー うむ、さよう、せっしゃが存じておりまする。
LOTR
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役割語? • role language = genderlect there is more which „characters” are the followings?
Mad Max: Fury Road
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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
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The Danish Girl
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character-speak „Character in essence refers to the recognized image of personhood with recognizable attitudinal traits developed in the discourse , and it includes, but is not limited to, the widely recognized types within the popular culture database and media.” (Maynard 2016: 47) pre-recognised character-groups
「その掟ってばよ！？」
character-”speak”? (culture)
character-”speak”? (clothes)
character-”speak”? (colour)
a new paradigm 上 augmented communication 下 character theory
augmented reality — augmented communication
augmented communication • • • • • •
vs. bona-fide naïve communication communicator (actor & inactor) communication-content – communicatum – information – sense essence – dimension – channel – medium – level dimensions of communication: basic – meta attributes of communication
character theory communication based (vs. hitherto)
• character as an attribute of communication • characterisation • character-building and -representation & characteristics • character markers
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enigmas of japanology
助詞 revised 助詞 = auxiliary words • Verb-auxiliaries & noun-auxiliaries • sentence-final particles • character pronouns • copula • ~masu • 助動詞 • 補助動詞
verb-auxiliaries & noun-auxiliaries • (i) interpersonal ~ (です・ます, お・ご《御》 etc.); • (ii) modal ~ (か, が etc.); • (iii) attitudinal ~ (ね, よ, わ, ぜ, な etc.)
vocative character pronouns • non-partial/complete vocative (interpersonal) character pronouns (e.g. sensei, senpai)
• partial/incomplete vocative (interpersonal) character pronouns (e.g. san, chan).
(inter)personal character pronouns
analysis 上 characterisation (original) 下 characterisation (localised)
(original) characterisation 日 ○○語
児雷也豪傑譚 伝説の三忍
迦具夜比売命 竹取物語 ナルト • 大筒木垂根王 • 竹取物語: 羽衣 •能 •歌舞伎 筒 +迦具夜 = カグヤ 大筒木 ハゴロモ (六道仙人)
nomen est omen
• イザナギ vs. イザナミ • 月読 -- 天照 -- 須佐能乎 • 炎遁・加具土命
八尺瓊勾玉
軍配団扇
将棋
寿永の乱 (源平合戦) 戦国時代
干柿鬼鮫
(localised) characterisation ○○語 日
XENA? JEENA?
conclusion
innovation • pioneering communication-framework (paradigm) contributes to:
• education, communication & translation studies,
linguistics (pragmatics), koreanology, virtual crosscultural studies, popular culture studies etc.
topics covered so far • pokemon • samurai • YouTubers • music • anime/manga
• video games • text books • literature (novels, short stories) • ads • movies / TV-shows
soft (?) power • global asset culture branding • research material academics • new generation(s), new methodology education
Thank you for your attention! ご清聴ありがとうございました。 終
