流行语视角下日本经济高速增长期女性社会地位变化研究

Changes of Women's Social Status during the Period of Rapid Growth of Japanese Economy from the Perspective of the Catchwords

从语言变体和语言演变的现实,来解释相关的社会现象及其演变和发展的过程,这是社会语言学的基本主张之一。流行语作为某一时期最受关注的语言符号,记录了社会热点现象并反映了该时期的社会发展变化。1956年至1973年是日本的经济高速增长期,通过持续多年平均增长率在9%以上的高速发展,日本一跃成为世界第二大经济体。随着经济发展社会变化,女性的社会地位也在改变。这些变化的过程都在相应时期的流行语中留下了印记。通过对流行语的梳理与解析,可以清楚地看到该时期日本女性社会地位变化的动态过程。

Sociolinguistics basically supports the explanations of relevant social phenomena and their evolving and developing course according to the realities of language varieties and language evolution. The catchwords, as linguistic signs that are most focused in the certain period, record the hot social phenomena and reflect the social development and changes of this period. The period of rapid growth for Japanese economy is from 1956 to 1973, in which the rapid development with the 9% average growth rate over several successive years make Japan the 2nd biggest economy in the world. With economic development and social changes, women＇ s social status changes accordingly. All these changing processes are marked in the catchwords of relevant periods, and the collection and interpretation of them can vividly display the dynamically changing process of Japanese women＇ s social status in this period.