Takao Suzuki

(In Japanese: 鈴木孝夫) A Japanese sociolinguist, author of ことばと文化, translated into English as Words in Context.

Argues that:

Sociolinguists do not pay enough attention to the subtle differences between word usage in different cultures.

Japanese linguists have traditionally been too occupied with Western linguistic categories, which are less that effective in studying Japanese.

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