"An ambitious undertaking which brings to the fore some of the prominent factors which figure in language use. Importantly, it sets out to explore the elusive connection between language and thought."

--Journal of Asian Studies

University of Hawaii Press Web Site, July, 2001

1 The Context of Japanese Communication

1. Cultural Myth, Self, and Society
2. Relationality and Communication
3. Competing Orientations within Relationality
4. Relationality Cues in the Sociocultural Context of Japan
5. Relationality and the Concept of Self

2 Japanese Language in Context

6. Styles and Varieties of the Japanese Language: Responding to Social Needs
7. Japanese Phrases: Expressing Emotion and Speaker's Attitude
8. Japanese Sentence Structure: Grammar in Context
9. Japanese Communication Strategies: Collaboration toward Persuasion

3 Japanese Thought in Context

10. Relationality and Language-Associated Thought
11. Centrality of Scene: The World as a Relational Place
12. Nonagent Orientation: The World as "Becoming"
13. More than Words: A World beyond Description
14. Echoing "Voices from the Heart": A World of Things and Emotions
15. Manipulation of Textual Voices: A World of Shifting Points of View
16. Speaking as Self-Narrative: The World as a Subjective and Interpersonal Place

4 Japanese Communication in Global Context

17. Japanese Text and Talk in Contrast
18. Japan-U.S. Intercultural Communication
19. Misinformation and Media in Global Context
20. Toward a New Awareness