Prelim pages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2. Fluid orality 19
6. Chapter 3. Character and character-speak 41
7. Chapter 4. Light novels: Character-speak and variation in quoted speech 81
8. Chapter 5. Talk shows: Fluid orality in gender-evoking variation 115
9. Chapter 6. Keetai novels: Narrator’s character-speak in conversational narration 155
10. Chapter 7. Manga: Fluidity of multilayered speech in floating whispers 193
11. Chapter 8. Drama: Fluid orality in place-evoking fictionalized variations 237
12. Chapter 9. Reflections and aspirations 279
13. Appendix: Presentation of data in Japanese orthography 289
14. References 319
15. Data references 333
16. Author index 337
17. Subject index 341