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Author : Andrew Horvat
Publisher : Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UVA:X004422266
Learn language secrets that are the key to natural speech and winning Japanese.
Author : Deborah Gesensway,Mindy Roseman
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art
ISBN : 0801495229
Author : Laurel Means
Publisher : Armour Publishing Pte Ltd
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Educators
ISBN : 9789814222921
Author : Giuliana Salvato
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443881630
This book is a result of the growing number of insights found in recent research on gesture studies and language acquisition, which have renewed the attention of scholars in gesture functions and meanings in communication and language learning. Observation of the participation of both gesture and speech in the formulation of meaning has revealed that communication is typically multimodal. This perspective has produced engrossing research questions, particularly in contexts where the combination of languages and cultures is complex and diversified. Competence in multiple languages and in different semiotic systems inevitably impacts the way in which people interact and learn languages. Given its status as a country of immigration, Canada provides such a context for this study. This book discusses the changes that the literature on gesture studies can help implement in current practices of language pedagogy. By including gesture as a nonverbal dimension of language and as a means for language acquisition, it provides a contrast to those traditions that have viewed gesture as a marginal aspect of communication and language learning. In addition, this book offers the results of three research studies in Italian language classes in Canada, showing that gesture enables a multimodal approach in language pedagogy and a richer experience for both teachers and learners.
Author : Lucien Ellington
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598841633
This introduction to life and culture in Japan presents a captivating portrait of the island nation, home to 127 million people and one of the most robust economies in the world. This volume focuses on an often misunderstood nation with vast economic and cultural influence in the United States and around the world. It combines thoroughly up-to-date coverage of Japan's history, geography, politics, economics, and society, with a range of helpful reference tools. Delving deeper than typical reference books, Asia in Focus: Japan is the ideal authoritative introduction to Japanese life for students, businesspeople, travelers, and other interested readers. The volume offers a contemporary look at the Japanese economy, extensive cultural coverage, and a rich collection of photographs. This resource also dispels long-running stereotypes and misconceptions to show Japan's surprising diversity and creativity.
Author : Jay Winter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780521873239
This book presents a panoramic history of transformations in our global imaginings of war from 1914 to the present. It charts a century's meditations on war, from painting and sculpture to photography, film and poetry, and ultimately to silence, as a language of memory in its own right.
Author : William McClure
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521646146
This book, first published in 2000, is a guide to Japanese usage for intermediate students approaching the finer nuances of the language.
Author : Carol-Lynne Moore,Kaoru Yamamoto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136652752
"Beyond Words presents movement observation and analysis techniques to examine every day human interactions, allowing performers to understand them in a new light. Carol-Lynne Moore and Kaoru Yamamoto build on the techniques they expertly displayed in the first edition of the book, maintaining a focus on the process of movement as opposed to discussions of static body language. The authors combine textual discussion with a new set of website-hosted video instructions to help readers develop an in-depth understanding of nonverbal communication. This new second edition is fully revised with a new introduction, and is illustrated throughout. It presents a fascinating insight into this vital field of study and will be an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners in many areas of performance analysis, choreography and actor training"--
Author : 米川明彦
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Japanese language
ISBN : 4770027737
This text presents an easy-to-use student's reference guide to the most common colloquialisms in the Japanese language. All the entries and sample sentences are presented in romanized Japanese, with English word and phrase equivalents. The perfect guide to speaking real Japanese Beyond Polite Japanese offers more than 500 words and phrases for those who want to take a step beyond Japanese textbooks and speak like a native without spending decades in the country. Many of the entries cover traditional slang, while other entries take up more
Author : Eve Kushner
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-09
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781611729641
Kanji (the most complicated Japanese script) may look daunting, but the characters are full of fun and life—if you know how to decode them. Crazy for Kanji provides a "map" to orient people by examining characters and compounds from every angle. Passionate and playful, the book is filled with enlightening discussions, fun facts, photos, exhibits, anecdotes, and games. It’s a reference source, workbook, and entertaining read all in one. Novices and kanji experts alike will find treasures in its pages. Eve Kushner, based in Berkeley, California, is a student of Japanese and an incurable kanji-holic.
Author : William B. Gudykunst
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1993-10-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438405193
This book is the first to provide a summary of the state of knowledge about communication in Japan and the United States. Included is an overview of the major approaches used in the study of communication in these two countries, an overview of the major cultural factors influencing communication, a description of the sociolinguistic differences between English and Japanese, an examination of Japanese-American communication as a function of the cultural values learned from the two cultures, and a summary of research comparing interpersonal research in Japan and the United States, as well as research on intercultural communication between Japanese and North Americans. The book also examines communication in organizational contexts in Japan and the United States and describes differences in mass communication between the two cultures.
Author : Senko K. Maynard
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780824873950
Feelings play an enormous part in our lives, but their expression is often neglected in foreign language education. How do I communicate happiness, surprise, or anger? How do others communicate these emotions to me? Such questions become increasingly relevant as we become more competent in the language we are learning. Expressive Japanese is the first detailed guide to emotion words and expressive strategies for students of the language. Words connoting feelings, such as "kanashii" (sad), are important in everyday Japanese conversation, but communicating emotions effectively also requires the use of expressive strategies, such as "Nani?" (What the heck?), "Yattaa!" (I did it!), or "Hottoite!" (Leave me alone!). Introductory chapters examine the characteristics, constraints, and history of expressive Japanese and discuss linguistic variations and styles and how these play a part in conveying emotion and empathy. There follow more than seventy entries that draw on hundreds of authentic examples taken from a variety of sources, including television dramas, comics, interviews, novels, essays, newspaper articles, and web sites. In these examples, students will find playful and creative uses of expressions that do not usually appear in language textbooks. English cues and key Japanese expressions are indexed at the back of the volume, making this a handy reference for anyone who possesses a grasp of the fundamentals of elementary Japanese. Based on extensive research by a prominent linguist and teacher, Expressive Japanese brings learners into the world of real human interaction and effectively illustrates how native speakers use language to convey identity and a sense of self as well as to communicate feelings and emotion.
Author : Sangharakshita
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781911407546
This volume includes The Eternal Legacy, an introduction to the canonical literature of Buddhism, and Wisdom Beyond Words, a commentary on several Perfection of Wisdom texts.
Author : Yasuko Sato
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031179099
This book explores Takamure Itsue’s (1894–1964) intellectual odyssey as Japan’s most notable pioneer in the study of women’s history. When she embarked on a series of scholarly projects that investigated marriage patterns and kinship systems in ancient Japan, it was a response to crisis-ridden modernity. Relentless in her quest to dismantle patriarchy, this “woman from the Land of Fire” (a nickname for her birthplace, Kumamoto Prefecture) locked herself away in 1931 and spent the rest of her life conducting research on female-friendly societies with matrilocal arrangements under kinship-based communal systems. While dissecting the patriarchal norms undergirding the capitalist nation-state, she embraced matricultural paradigms that embodied life-sustaining and life-enhancing values through communal childrearing and matrilineal inheritance. Takamure, a visionary thinker, asked big-picture questions and addressed multifarious issues of contemporary relevance, including beauty standards, human trafficking, gross disparities in wealth, war and imperialism, science and religion, and humanity’s relationship with nature.
Author : Kiyoko Toratani
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027257994
Many studies on the language of food examine English or adopt discourse analysis. This volume makes a fresh attempt to analyze Japanese, focusing on non-discursive units. It offers state-of-the-art data-oriented studies, including methods of analysis in line with Cognitive Linguistics. It orchestrates relatable and intriguing topics, from sound-symbolism in rice cracker naming to meanings of aesthetic sake taste terms. The chapters show that the language of food in Japanese is multifaceted: for instance, expressivity is enhanced by ideophones, as sensory words iconically depicting perceptual experiences and as nuanced words flexibly participating in neologization; context-sensitivity is exemplified by words deeply imbued with socio-cultural constructs; creativity is portrayed by imaginative expressions grounded in embodied experience. The volume will be a valuable resource for students and researchers, not only in linguistics but also in neighboring disciplines, who seek deeper insights into how language interacts with food in Japanese or any other language.