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Contents Preface List of Abbreviations Part I Introduction Chapter 1 On Expressive Japanese Chapter 2 Expressive Japanese and the Characteristics of Japanese Discourse Chapter 3 On Entries Part II Emotion Chapter 4 When Deeply Moved 1. Being Emotional and Being Moved 2. Moved to Tears 3. Heartfelt Emotion 4. Moved with Exclamatives Chapter 5 Experiencing Emotion 5. Joy and Happiness 6. Tenderness and Warmth 7. Sadness, Pain, and Difficulties 8. Loneliness 9. Dislike and Hatred 10. Anger and Frustration 11. Worry and Fear 12. Jealousy Chapter 6 Emotionally Evaluating 13. Nice, Cool! and Not So Cool! 14. Characterizing Events with Emotion 15. Evaluating with Nante and Nanka 16. Expressing "Konna" Feelings 17. Afterthoughts on Events Chapter 7 Responding to Circumstances Emotionally 18. When Facing Trouble, Failure, and Misery 19. Regrets and Self-mockery 20. Giving Up 21. Showing Surprise and Disbelief 22. Being Relieved or Disappointed Chapter 8 When Emotion is Intense 23. The Best and the Worst 24. Adding Extra Emphasis 25. Being Considerably Emotional 26. Cannot Stop Feeling So 27. Emotional Emphasis through Sound Chapter 9 Falling in and Out of Love 28. Proclaiming the Bond of "Two of Us" 29. To Feel Like Falling in Love 30. Intimate Vocatives and References to Lovers 31. Feelings of One's Aching Heart 32. Confessing and Declaring Love 33. Shifting Styles as Love Grows 34. Refusing Advances 35. Breaking up Chapter 10 Being Emotional in Conflict Situations 36. Being Defiant 37. Interjections in Conflict 38. Cursing 39. Denying Relevance 40. Criticizing Angrily: Nani and Rhetorical Questions 41. When Trying to End the Conflict Part III Empathy Chapter 11 Revealing Oneself Softly 42. Identifying Oneself 43. Expressing Shyness 44. Preamble to Frankness 45. Deflecting the Impact of a Remark 46. Revealing One's Inner Psychological Process Chapter 12 Co-experiencing Feelings 47. Sharing Topics 48. Sharing Feelings First 49. Sharing the Target of Emotion 50. Meaning through Meaningless Words 51. Creating Phrases and Sentences Together 52. Sharing Visual Empathy? 53. Being at a Loss for Words Chapter 13 Appealing to Empathy and Amae 54. Confirming Shared Feelings with Particle Ne 55. Soliciting Emotional Response with Particle Yo 56. Sharing Empathy through Particle Mo 57. Appealing to Social-expectation-based Empathy ? 58. Good-natured Teasing 59. Appealing to Amae 60. Showing Concern 61. Expressing Sympathy and Compassion Chapter 14 Designing Utterances for the Partner 62. Being Artfully Vague 63. Ending the Sentence without a Tone of Finality 64. Sharing Thoughts as Feelings 65. Using Question-like Intonation Chapter 15 Concerned with Conversational Empathy 66. Confirming Understanding 67. Being Serious 68. Seeking Permission to Ask a Personal Question 69. Forewarning Negative or Sudden News 70. Commenting in Response to the Partner's Speech Chapter 16 Asserting Oneself Expressively and Being Creative 71. Showing Conviction and Determination 72. Expressing Assertiveness through N(o) Da 73. Commenting on One's Own Speech ? 74. Being Rhetorically Expressive through Sarcasm and Tautology 75. Asserting in Silence 76. Being Playful and Creative by Mixing Styles 77. Showing Intimacy through Banter, Puns, and Jokes Appendix Information on Authentic Sources Suggested Reading: References (in English) for Learning the Japanese Language References Index of English Cues (and Subject Index) Index of Japanese Expressions
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Japanese language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
Japanese language -- Rhetoric.
Language and emotions -- Japan.