Routledge, 2006. — 226 p. — eISBN 0-203-02924-0 Japanese popular culture is constantly evolving in the face of internal and external influence. Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan examines this evolution from a new and challenging perspective by focusing on the movements of popular culture into and out of Japan. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book argues that a...
Boston: Brill, 2015. — 227 p. The seven essays that comprise this volume address the actual processes by which a discreet number of terms in modern Chinese and Japanese came into being, how they outdistanced all competitors, and the persons and texts involved in the process. The Creation of the Term Kojin 個人 (Individual). The Formation of the Term Shakai 社會 (Society). Religion...
NY Routlege 2006 - 156 p. This book is the first full-length study in English to examine the use of discriminatory language in Japan. As in other countries, there has been much debate about the public use of language deemed demeaning to certain groups within society especially in relation to the issue of minority rights versus freedom of speech. Adding a new dimension to the...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. — 208 p. — ISBN10: 9811050856, 13 978-9811050855. This cutting edge collection considers how the Japanese language functions as a key element of Japanese soft power in Asia. Within Japanese culture itself, the promotion of language has been an area of ambivalence. This interdisciplinary book looks across the fields of language policy, language...
Routledge, 2019. — 487 p. — ISBN10: 0415790271, 13 978-0415790277. Presenting new approaches and results previously inaccessible in English, the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics provides an insight into the language and society of contemporary Japan from a fresh perspective. While it was once believed that Japan was a linguistically homogenous country, research...
John Benjamins, 2001. — 227 p. — (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series). — ISBN: 90 272 5108 8 / 1 58811 057 5. This book investigates the notion of conversational dominance in depth, and seeks to establish a systematic method of analysing it. It also offers a new insight into the role of gender and the pragmatic transfer of conversational norms in the first and second language...
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication date: 2008-03-04 Number of pages: 240 ISBN: 0230506941 Language and Education in Japan offers the first critical ethnography of bilingual education in Japan. Based on two-year fieldwork at five different schools, the book examines the role of schools in the unequal distribution of bilingualism as cultural capital. It argues that...
Kodansha International, 2002. — 160 p. Womansword is an insightful look at Japanese words concerning women and what they reveal about the status of women in modern Japan. In a collection of short, lively essays, author Kittredge Cherry considers the connotations, usage, and context of several hundred common words and phrases related to female identity, girlhood, marriage,...
Soleil Manga, 2007. — 159 c. Bilingual edition: French / Japanese Le livre qui explique la vie, la culture et l'histoire japonaise aux lecteurs apprenant le japonais ainsi qu'à ceux qui portent un intérêt au Japon. Chapitre 1: Bienvenue au Japon Chapitre 2: Communication Chapitre 3: Tourisme Chapitre 4: Histoire et culture
Tuttle Publishing, 2004. — 318 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4629-0062-6. Westerners have traditionally been intrigued by Japanese attitudes and behaviors which have been perceived as ranging from cute, quaint, and seductive to strange and sometimes savage. The traditional dual character of the Japanese is generally attributed to cultural conditioning — strict conformity to standards set by...
Publisher: Soroban Pty, Ltd. Publication date: 1996. ISBN: 064628530-0. Number of pages: 90. This book is written as a complement to classroom study. This book discusses things related to the language that has a bearing on Japanese life and culture. This book is written as a complement to classroom study. This book discusses things related to the language that has a bearing on...
Publisher: Langues et Mondes L'Asiathèque Publication date: 2009 Number of pages: 191 ISBN: 978-2915255898 Vous êtes fasciné par la culture japonaise. Vous adorez les manga, les films de Takeshi Kitano et les arts martiaux. Les couturiers, les architectes, les romanciers, les peintres ont une originalité et une force dans l'expression qui vous étonne et vous émerveille. La...
Univ of Hawaii Press, 1997. — 268 p. — ISBN10: 0824817990, 13 978-0824817992. In an accessible and original study of the Japanese language in relation to Japanese society and culture, Senko Maynard characterizes the ways of communicating in Japanese and explores Japanese language-associated modes of thinking and feeling. Japanese Communication: Language and Thought in Context...
De Gruyter Mouton, 2014. — 579 p. — ISBN10: 1614512450. — ISBN13: 978-1614512455 The Handbook of Japanese Applied Linguistics reflects crosscurrents in applied linguistics, an ever-developing branch of linguistics. The book is divided into seven sections, where each chapter discusses in depth the importance of particular topics, such as L1 and L2 acquisition, bilingualism,...
Editors: Mary Goebel Noguchi, Sandra Fotos Publisher: Multilingual Matters Date: 2001 Pages: 400 ISBN10: 1853594903 ISBN13: 978-1853594908 Language: English Studies in Japanese Bilingualism helps dissolve the myth of Japanese homogeneity by explaining the history of this construct and offering twelve empirical studies on different facets of language contact in Japan, including...
Publisher: L'Harmattan Publication date: 2000 ISBN: 978-2738452740 Number of pages: 588 Format / Quality: 192kbs L'auteur est physicien mais s'est intéressé aussi aux sciences cognitives. Directeur de recherches dans une grande compagnie française, il a en outre été responsable de la politique scientifique et technique de la France au niveau interministériel, et expert auprès...
Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2007. — 238 p. — ISBN: 0824830261 The focus of Richard Rubinger's study of Japanese literacy is the least-studied (yet overwhelming majority) of the premodern population: the rural farming class. In this book-length historical exploration of the topic, the first in any language, Rubinger dispels the misconception that there are few...
Publisher: Insight Guides. Publication Date: 2003-10. Number Of Pages: 401. This guide includes a section detailing Japan's history, nine features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from architecture and cuisine to hi-tech business dealings; a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive travel tips section packed with essential...
McFarland & Company. 2010. 240 p. ISBN: 0786440031 Feminist critics have long considered language a primary vehicle for the transmission of sexist values in a culture. This much-needed sociolinguistic critique examines the representation of women in traditional Japanese language and culture. Derogatory and highly-sexualized terms are placed in historical context, and the...
Rutland, Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Publishing, 1994. - 246 p. A concise guide for business people or tourists, Japanese Etiquette Today contains vital information for navigating tricky Japanese social interactions. Japan today "looks" more and more Western, and principles governing social and business relations become harder to see. Most foreigners know that Japanese etiquette...
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Publication Date: 2009 Number Of Pages: 262 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0824833058 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780824833053 An very interesting study of how a rapidly modernizing Japan had to establish an official standard language for domestic education as well as for use in its colonies. The push to "globalize" their language seems to influence other Asian...
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