Metroethnicity, Naming and Mocknolect - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Metroethnicity, Naming and Mocknolect write by John C. Maher. This book was released on 2021-05-15. Metroethnicity, Naming and Mocknolect available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Language is a social space, an aesthetic, a form of play and communication, a geographical reference, a jouissance, a producer of numerous social and personal identities. This book takes up salient issues of sociolinguistics with a specific focus on Japan: language and gender (the married name controversy), language and the 'portable' identities being fashioned around traditional, essentialist notions of ethnicity (metroethnicity) endangerment, slang, taboo and discriminatory language in Japanese especially regarding minorities, place-names from indigenous languages, the fellowship and parody of children's songs, and the diversity of nicknames among children and young people. This books gives radical and new perspectives on the sociolinguistics of Japanese.
Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies
Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies write by Aeneas Zi Wang. This book was released on 2024-08-16. Immigration and Quality of Life in Ageing Societies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited book argues that a new perspective on immigration is needed. As many advanced economies are ageing, and their populations stagnate or decline, immigrants are increasingly required to fill in the gaps left behind by shrinking workforces. Against this backdrop, the outdated view that it is – and can only be – a privilege for immigrants to move temporarily from less to more developed economies needs a rethink. In particular, questions about how attractive a host destination can be for immigrants; not just in economic, but also in social, political, linguistic, and cultural terms should be raised. Considering in detail the situation in Japan and Germany – Japan where there are hardly any convenience stores without foreign employees, Germany where retirement homes would no longer function without foreign nursing staff – the book analyses migration to these two countries in different aspects such as education, training, and labour market participation, and policies and actions on the part of the state and policymakers in rendering moving to and living in these countries worthwhile. Bringing together leading scholars active in diverse aspects of migration in Japan and Germany, this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars with an interest in immigration issues in these two countries specifically, and Europe and Asia more broadly.
Language Communities in Japan
Language Communities in Japan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language Communities in Japan write by John C. Maher. This book was released on 2022-01-21. Language Communities in Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers a comprehensive sociolinguistic overview of the linguistic situation in Japan. Contemporary Japan displays rich linguistic diversity, particularly in urban areas, but the true extent of this diversity has often been overlooked. The contributors to this volume provide a new perspective, with detailed accounts of the wide range of languages spoken in different contexts and by different communities across the Japanese archipelago. Each chapter focuses on a specific language community, and systematically explores the history of the variety in Japanese culture and the current sociolinguistic situation. The first part explores the indigenous languages of Japan, including the multiple dialects of Japanese itself and the lesser-known Ryukyan and Ainu languages. Chapters in Part II look at community languages, ranging from the historic minority languages such as Korean and Chinese to the languages spoken by more recent migrant communities, such as Nepali, Filipino, and Persian. The final part examines languages of culture, politics, and modernization, from the use of English in international business and education contexts to the ongoing use of Latin and Sanskrit for religious purposes. The volume sheds new light on Japan's position as an important multilingual and multicultural society, and will be of interest to scholars and students not only of Japanese and sociolinguistics, but of Asian studies and migration studies more widely.
Language Assemblages
Language Assemblages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language Assemblages write by Alastair Pennycook. This book was released on 2024-06-30. Language Assemblages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book unsettles common accounts of language through a focus on language assemblages as embodied, embedded and distributed artefacts.
Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics
Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics write by Patrick Heinrich. This book was released on 2019-06-05. Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 over the past two decades has shown Japan to be a multilingual and sociolinguistically diversifying country. Building on this approach, the contributors to this handbook take this further, combining Japanese and western approaches alike and producing research which is relevant to twenty-first century societies. Organised into five parts, the sections covered include: The languages and language varieties of Japan. The multilingual ecology. Variation, style and interaction. Language problems and language planning. Research overviews. With contributions from across the field of Japanese sociolinguistics, this handbook will prove very useful for students and scholars of Japanese Studies, as well as sociolinguists more generally.
