Takao Suzuki (sociolinguist)

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Takao Suzuki (鈴木孝夫 Suzuki Takao in Japanese) is a Japanese sociolinguist, born in Tokyo in 1926. He is the author of ことばと文化, translated into English as Words in Context.

Suzuki 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 than effective in studying Japanese.

[edit] Bibliography

(translated in English)
- Words in Context (ことばと文化, 1973)
(not translated in English, literal titles)
- 日本語と外国語 (Japanese Language, Foreign Language, 1990)
- 日本語は国際語になりうるか (Can Japanese Become An International Language?, 1995)
- 教養としての言語学 (Educational Linguistics, 1996)
- 日本人はなぜ英語ができないか (Why Japanese Are Bad at English, 1999)
- 人にはどれだけの物が必要か (How Many Things Does A Man Need?, 1999)
- 英語はいらない？ (No Need For English?, 2000)
- 日本・日本語・日本人 (Japan, Its Language and the People, 2001)
- 日本人はなぜ日本を愛せないのか (Why Japanese Cannot Be Patriotic, 2005)
(English works)
- A semantic analysis of present-day Japanese with particular reference to the role of Chinese characters (1963)
- Reflections on Japanese language and culture (1987)