Lead Speaker Professor Raj Chetty; Panellist Professor Joe Stiglitz; Panellist Anneliese Dodds MP
Discussion and Q&A followed by a reception.

Abstract:

話者の性、年齢、職業・階層、出身地等と深く結び付いた話し方（発話スタイル）を役割語(role language)と呼ぶ。役割語は日本のポピュラーカルチャーで広く用いられているので、日本のマンガ・アニメや小説などの理解のためには、役割語の知識が必須である。役割語の
中でも、特に男女の性差を表す表現が発達しているので、その特徴を分析するとともに、社会言語学的な観点から問題点を指摘する。

PROFESSOR RAJ CHETTY
SANJAYA LALL VISITING PROFESSOR 2023
William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University

Director of Opportunity Insights



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