The Languages of 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 The Languages of Japan write by Masayoshi Shibatani. This book was released on 1990-05-03. The Languages of Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan includes the most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language yet to appear in English as well as a comprehensive analysis of Japanese linguistics.
The Languages of Japan and Korea
The Languages of Japan and Korea - 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 The Languages of Japan and Korea write by Nicolas Tranter. This book was released on 2012. The Languages of Japan and Korea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Languages of Japan and Korea provides detailed descriptions of the major varieties of languages in the region, both modern and pre-modern, within a common format, producing a long-needed introductory reference source. Korean, Japanese, Ainu, and representative members of the main groupings of the Ryukyuan chain are discussed for the first time in great detail in a single work. The volume is divided into language sketches, the majority of which are broken down into sections on phonology, orthography, morphology, syntax and lexicon. Specific emphasis is placed on aspects of syntactic interest, including speech levels, honorifics and classifiers. Each language variety is represented in Roman-based transcription, although its own script (where there is such orthography) and IPA transcriptions are used sparingly where appropriate. The dialects of both the modern and oldest forms of the languages are given extensive treatment, with a primary focus on the differences from the standard language. These synchronic snapshots are complemented by a discussion of both the genetic and areal relationships between languages in the region. With contributions from a variety of scholars of the highest reputation, The Language of Japan and Korea is a much needed and highly useful tool for professionals and students in linguistics, as well as area studies specialists.
The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900)
The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900) - 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 The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900) write by Christopher Joby. This book was released on 2020-12-29. The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900) Christopher Joby offers the first book-length account of the knowledge and use of the Dutch language in Tokugawa and early Meiji Japan, which had a profound effect on Japan’s language, society and culture.
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.
The Idea of English in Japan
The Idea of English 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 The Idea of English in Japan write by Philip Seargeant. This book was released on 2009-08-04. The Idea of English in Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the ways in which English is conceptualised as a global language in Japan, and considers how the resultant language ideologies – drawn in part from universal discourses; in part from context-specific trends in social history – inform the relationships that people in Japan have towards the language. The book analyses the specific nature of the language’s symbolic meaning in Japan, and how this meaning is expressed and negotiated in society. It also discusses how the ideologies of English that exist in Japan might have implications for the more general concept of ‘English as a global language’. To this end it considers the question of what constitutes a ‘global’ language, and how, if at all, a balance can be struck between the universal and the historically-contingent when it comes to formulating a theory of English within the world.
