analysis of attitude to politeness between british and japanese people
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Analysis of attitude to politeness between
British & Japanese people
18/5/2015Group Research Project
Kana Matsumoto, Masatoshi UsuiMika Nonomura, Sanae Nisioka
Research Topic
•“Politeness” in Britain and Japan - Table manners - Romantic relationship on SNS - Greeting - Languages
Our Survey
•Facebook & Twitter (20th~30th Apr)
- 80 answers from British → 20s~60s (univ. students & teachers) - 100 from Japanese → 20s~50s (univ. students & teachers)
Table manners
Table manners
Reasons for lectures of table manners
Pro. • useful skill and helpful in
social situations.
Con. • for parents, not teachers• parents’ duty• should be during lunch-
time, not in class-time
Pro.• necessary for the future• not wasteful to learn• good ages to acquire
such manners
Con. • should be taught at home
Difference in Greeting (Morrison,1994)
UK
・ Handshakes = Formal・ Hug ・ Eye Contact・ How do you do?
JP
・ Handshakes = Business occasion・ No kiss/ hug・ Bow = Respect
Result of survey
UK JP
Ubiquitous SNS worldwide (Facebook, 2012)
How SNS influences romantic relationships (Blair and Holmberg, 2008)☆Experience Higher number of British friends put relationship status on public.
⇓Result??
59%41
%
Yes 13.40%
80.60%
Yes
Do you set a "Relationship status" on Facebook?
NoNo
The relationship status option on FB allows people to show off their romantic relationship for symbolizing ownership or for their own satisfaction. (Greg, 2010)
148
30
70
16
for self-satisfactionfor showing ownershipfor making relationship officialbecause it isn't something that need to be hiddenOther
15% 8%
77%
23%
If you answered "Yes" then choose from following
Other opinion
• Share news – no repetitive
• Expressing not looking for a relationship
•Because I am proud of them
• It’s like wearing a wedding ring. (Elms, 2007)
Do you regard opening such a private relationship to the public embarrassing?
16.25%
83.75%
Japanese36.73%
63.27%
YesYes
NoNo
Analysis
Openness passive attitude Respect / proud altruistic ( care others ) Acceptance shyness separation – private/publicity
Politeness appears in languages
How people show politeness through language?
• Japanese language have type of speech call Keigo, which makes listener feel higher than speaker. By using Keigo, Japanese people show respect and politeness to listeners.
Question:How British people show respect to others through language?Prediction: Understatement could show respect to others
British politeness…?
Survey result from JapaneseQuestion 2: How do you feel about using Keigo?
Survey result from British
Question 1: When do you normally understate your actions?
Survey result from British
Summarize
• How to show politenessJapanese: by using Keigo.British: by using formal language and behavior.
Unlike Japanese, British people seem to show politeness by behavior, more than language.
Conclusion - British
table manners – respect tradition
SNS – respect partner
Greeting friendly, casual = physical distance
Showing politeness – behaviour > language
Thank you for listening