Language Life in Japan

Language Life in Japan
Author: Patrick Heinrich
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2010-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136935940

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This book analyses how linguistic diversity in Japan, and indeed recognition of this phenomenon, presents a wide range of sociolinguistic challenges and opportunities in fundamental institutions such as schools, in cultural patterns and in social behaviours and attitudes.


Language Life in Japan
Language: en
Pages: 271
Authors: Patrick Heinrich
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-13 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book analyses how linguistic diversity in Japan, and indeed recognition of this phenomenon, presents a wide range of sociolinguistic challenges and opportu
The Social Life of the Japanese Language
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: Shigeko Okamoto
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-04 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book focuses on the historical construction of language norms and its relationship to actual language use in contemporary Japan.
The Making of Monolingual Japan
Language: en
Pages: 213
Authors: Patrick Heinrich
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Multilingual Matters

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Japan is regarded as a model case of successful language modernization. It is also often erroneously believed to be linguistically homogenous. This book explore
The Dutch Language in Japan (1600-1900)
Language: en
Pages: 514
Authors: Christopher Joby
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-29 - Publisher: BRILL

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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
Vicarious Language
Language: en
Pages: 344
Authors: Miyako Inoue
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-04-05 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"Inoue has accomplished an extraordinary task, which is without precedent in the East Asian Fields. To my knowledge, no author has ever demonstrated as persuasi