Author : 鈴木孝夫
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000276647
Words in Context
鈴木孝夫
Words In Context A Japanese Perspective On Language And Culture
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Words in Context
Takao Suzuki
Author : Takao Suzuki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:773245624
Words in Context by Takao Suzuki Pdf
Japanese Communication
Senko K. Maynard
Author : Senko K. Maynard
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1997-06-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0824818784
Japanese Communication by Senko K. Maynard Pdf
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 opens with a comparison of basic American and Japanese values via cultural icons--the cowboy and the samurai--before leading the reader to the key concept in her study: rationality. Writing for those who have a basic knowledge of Japanese language and culture, Maynard examines topics such as masculine and feminine speech, swearing, expressions of ridicule and conflict, adverbs of emotional attitude and the eloquence of silence. Maynard provides a refreshing and entertaining perspective for interpreting contemporary Japan, sometimes in contrast to the United States.
Japanese English
James Stanlaw
Author : James Stanlaw
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789622095717
Japanese English by James Stanlaw Pdf
The volumes in this series set out to provide a contemporary record of the spread and development of the English language in South, Southeast, and East Asia from both a linguistic and literary perspective. Each volume will reflect themes that cut across national boundaries, including the study of language policies; globalization and linguistic imperialism; English in the media; English in law, government and education; 'hybrid' Englishes; and the bilingual creativity manifested by the vibrant creative writing found in a swathe of Asian societies. This book gives an in-depth analysis of the use of the English language in modern Japan. It explores the many ramifications the Japanese-English language and culture contact situation has for not only Japanese themselves, but also others in the international community. Data for this book has been gathered using anthropological ethnographic fieldwork, augmented by archival sources, written materials, and items from popular culture and the mass media. An interdisciplinary approach, including those of anthropological linguistics, sociolinguistics, cognitive science and symbolic anthropology, is taken in the exploration of the topics here. This book's arguments focus on four major theoretical linguistic and social issues, namely the place of the Japanese-English case in the larger context of 'World Englishes'; the place of the Japanese-English case in a general theory of language and culture contact; how Japanese English informs problems of categorization, meaning construction and cognition; and what it says about the social construction of identity and sense of self, nationalism and race. This book will be of interest to linguists, anthropologists, sociologists, cognitive scientists, and all readers who are interested in language contact, sociolinguistics, English as an international language, and World Englishes. It will also appeal to those who are interested in Japan and popular culture.
Japan's Built-in Lexicon of English-based Loanwords
Frank E Daulton
Author : Frank E Daulton
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781847690302
Japan's Built-in Lexicon of English-based Loanwords by Frank E Daulton Pdf
This book is a valuable contribution to SLA research. Apart from the obvious target of the book, SLA researchers and teachers anywhere in the world, it will be of particular interest to the Japanese community and to Westerners interested in Japanese language and culture. It is not easy to write a book appealing to audiences as disparate as this, but Daulton has managed to do this very well. He writes clearly and lucidly and makes good use of his teaching experience in Japan (Hakan Ringbom, Abo Akademi University). Japan offers a prime example of lexical borrowing which relates to language transfer in second and foreign language learning. The insights gained by examining language borrowing in Japan can be applied wherever language contact has occurred and foreign languages are learned.Many of the most important English vocabulary may already exist in native lexicons. This pioneering book examines Japanese lexical borrowing, clarifies the effect of cognates on foreign language acquisition, assesses Japanese cognates that correspond to high-frequency and academic English, and discusses using this resource in teaching. It includes extensive lists of loanword cognates.
All Around Monstrous: Monster Media in Their Historical Contexts
Verena Bernardi,Frank Jacob
Author : Verena Bernardi,Frank Jacob
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781622737949
All Around Monstrous: Monster Media in Their Historical Contexts by Verena Bernardi,Frank Jacob Pdf
We know all kinds of monsters. Vampires who suck human blood, werewolves who harass tourists in London or Paris, zombies who long to feast on our brains, or Godzilla, who is famous in and outside of Japan for destroying whole cities at once. Regardless of their monstrosity, all of these creatures are figments of the human mind and as real as they may seem, monsters are and always have been constructed by human beings. In other words, they are imagined. How they are imagined, however, depends on many different aspects and changes throughout history. The present volume provides an insight into the construction of monstrosity in different kinds of media, including literature, film, and TV series. It will show how and by whom monsters are really created, how time changes the perception of monsters and what characterizes specific monstrosities in their specific historical contexts. The book will provide valuable insights for scholars in different fields, whose interest focuses on either media studies or history.
The Social Psychology of English as a Global Language
Robert M. McKenzie
Author : Robert M. McKenzie
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789048185665
The Social Psychology of English as a Global Language by Robert M. McKenzie Pdf
This ground-breaking work is a detailed account of an innovative and in-depth study of the attitudes of in excess of 500 Japanese learners towards a number of standard and non-standard as well as native and non-native varieties of English speech. The research conducted refines the investigation of learner attitudes by employing a range of pioneering techniques of attitude measurement. These methods are largely incorporated from the strong traditions that exist in the fields of social psychology and second language acquisition and utilize both direct and indirect techniques of attitude measurement. The author locates the findings in the context of the wealth of literature on native speaker evaluations of languages and language varieties. The study is unique in that the results provide clear evidence of both attitude change and high levels of linguistic awareness among the informants of social and geographical diversity within the English language. These findings are analyzed in detail in relation to the global spread of English as well as in terms of the pedagogical implications for the choice of linguistic model employed in English language classrooms both inside and outside Japan. The issues examined are of particular interest to educators, researchers and students in the fields of applied linguistics, TESOL, second language acquisition, social psychology of language and sociolinguistics. The pedagogical and language policy implications of the findings obtained make essential reading for those with a specific focus on the role of the English language and English language teaching, both in Japan and beyond.
Asian Cinemas
Dimitris Eleftheriotis,Gary Needham
Author : Dimitris Eleftheriotis,Gary Needham
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0824830857
Asian Cinemas by Dimitris Eleftheriotis,Gary Needham Pdf
The West’s current fascination with Asian cinema must be viewed in the context of a complex and often problematic relationship between Western scholars, students, viewers, and Asian films. This book examines a number of detailed case studies (such as the films of Ozu, Bruce Lee, Hong Kong and Turkish cinema, Hindi melodramas, Godzilla films, Taiwanese directors, and Fifth Generation Chinese cinema) and uses them to investigate the limitations of Anglo–U.S. theoretical models and critical paradigms. By engaging readers with familiar areas of critical discourse (such as postcolonial criticism, "national cinema," "genre," "authorship," and "stardom") the book aims to introduce within such contexts the "unfamiliar" case studies that will be explored in depth and detail.
Language and Popular Culture in Japan
Brian Moeran
Author : Brian Moeran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136916830
Language and Popular Culture in Japan by Brian Moeran Pdf
When this book was originally published it was the first work of its kind to examine the way in which language is used to express the ‘myth’ of advertising slogans and other popular cultural forms. By making use of general theories from the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, media studies and semiotics, the book attempts to demystify Japanese culture as it has been hitherto presented in the West, and shows how such cultural forms as ‘noodle westerns’ and high-school baseball uphold the well-known ideologies of ‘selflessness’, ‘diligence’, ‘compliance’ and ‘co-operation’ typically associated with the Japanese. Ultimately, the book poses the question: are those whom we call the Japanese ‘real’ people in their own right, or merely a nation acting out a part written for them by Western civilisation?
Expressing Silence
Natsuko Tsujimura
Author : Natsuko Tsujimura
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498569255
Expressing Silence by Natsuko Tsujimura Pdf
In Expressing Silence: Where Language and Culture Meet in Japanese, Natsuko Tsujimura discusses how silence is conceptualized and linguistically represented in Japanese. Languages differ widely in the specific linguistic and rhetorical modes through which vivid depictions of silence are achieved. In Japanese, sounds in nature evoke silence, and onomatopoeia plays an important role in simulating silent scenes. These linguistic mechanisms mediate the perception of the symbiotic relationship between sound and silence, a perception deeply embedded in the Japanese cultural experience. Expressing Silence brings the tools of both linguistic and cultural analysis in examining the remarkably rich array of representations of silence in Japanese language and culture, finding that depictions of silence through language cannot be understood without exploring what sound or silence mean to the speakers.
The Language of Food in Japanese
Kiyoko Toratani
Author : Kiyoko Toratani
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027257994
The Language of Food in Japanese by Kiyoko Toratani Pdf
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.
The Social Life of the Japanese Language
Shigeko Okamoto,Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith
Author : Shigeko Okamoto,Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-04
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781107072268
The Social Life of the Japanese Language by Shigeko Okamoto,Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith Pdf
This book focuses on the historical construction of language norms and its relationship to actual language use in contemporary Japan.
Incorporating Foreign Language Content in Humanities Courses
Priya Ananth,Leah Tolbert Lyons
Author : Priya Ananth,Leah Tolbert Lyons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-26
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000652024
Incorporating Foreign Language Content in Humanities Courses by Priya Ananth,Leah Tolbert Lyons Pdf
Incorporating Foreign Language Content in Humanities Courses introduces innovative ways to integrate aspects of foreign language study into courses containing humanities concepts. The edited collection offers case studies from various universities and across multiple languages. It serves as a useful guide to all foreign language faculty with any language expertise (as well as others interested in promoting foreign languages) for the adaptation and development of their own curricula. Infusing foreign language content into English-taught humanities courses helps promote languages as practical and relevant to students. It will be of interest to language educators, including teachers, teachers-in-training, teacher educators, and administrators.
Rethinking Language and Culture in Japanese Education
Shinji Sato,Neriko Musha Doerr
Author : Shinji Sato,Neriko Musha Doerr
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783091843
Rethinking Language and Culture in Japanese Education by Shinji Sato,Neriko Musha Doerr Pdf
How does language or culture come to be standardized to the degree that it is considered 'homogeneous'? How does teaching language relate to such standardization processes? How can teaching be mindful of the standardization processes that potentially involve power relations? Focusing on the case of Japanese, which is often viewed as homogenous in terms of language and culture, this volume explores these questions in a wide range of contexts: the notions of translation and modernity, the ideologies of the standardization of regional dialects in Japan, current practices in college Japanese-as-a- Foreign-Language classrooms in the United States, discourses in journals of Japanese language education, and classroom practices in nursery and primary schools in Japan. This volume’s investigation of standardization processes of Japanese language and culture addresses the intersections of theoretical and practical concerns of researchers and educators that are often overlooked.
Area Bibliography of Japan
Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn
Author : Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0810833743
Area Bibliography of Japan by Ria Koopmans-de Bruijn Pdf
Provides a general overview of literature relating to Japan and covers a broad range of subject matter, from art, feminism, and linguistics, to corporate culture, history, and medicine. Includes books published since 1980 that are related to the geographical area of Japan and to Japanese culture within that area.
