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UNINA9910779306303321 |
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Titolo |
Language and citizenship in Japan / / edited by Nanette Gottlieb |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-50316-1 |
0-203-14444-9 |
1-283-89356-8 |
1-136-50317-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; ; 4 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language and languages - Study and teaching - Japan |
Second language acquisition - Japan |
Linguistics - Study and teaching - Japan |
Language and culture - Japan |
Citizenship - Japan |
Japan Languages |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Language, citizenship, and identity in Japan / Nanette Gottlieb -- After homogeneity: maintaining unity in a linguistically diversifying Japan / Patrick Heinrich -- It's better if they speak broken Japanese?: Language as a pathway or an obstacle to citizenship in Japan? / Chris Burgess -- Languages and citizenship in education: Migrant languages in government schools / Kaori H. Okano -- Children Crossing Borders and their citizenship in Japan / Ikuo Kawakami -- Remedial language education and citizenship: Examining the JSL classroom as an ethnic project / Robert Moorehead -- Gender capital and the educated citizen: Japanese mothers speaking of language acquisition and education for foreign children / Genaro Castro-Vezquez -- Cultural citizenship and the hierarchy of foreign languages: Japanese Brazilians' views on the status of English and Portuguese in Japan / Ernani Oda -- -- Language rights of non-Japanese defendants in Japanese criminal courts / Ikuko Nakane -- English is my home: Citizenship, language, and identity in |
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the Ogasawara Islands / David Chapman and Daniel Long -- Multilingual or Easy Japanese? Promoting citizenship via local government websites / Tessa Carroll. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The relationship between language and citizenship in Japan has traditionally been regarded as a fixed tripartite: 'Japanese citizenship' means 'Japanese ethnicity,' which in turn means 'Japanese as one's first language.' Historically, most non-Japanese who have chosen to take out citizenship have been members of the 'oldcomer' Chinese and Korean communities, born and raised in Japan. But this is changing: the last three decades have seen an influx of 'newcomer' economic migrants from a wide range of countries, many of whom choose to stay. The likelihood that they will apply for citizenship, |
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