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UNINA9910785001803321 |
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Autore |
Stanlaw James |
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Titolo |
Japanese English : language and culture contact / / James Stanlaw |
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Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2004 |
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Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-70464-8 |
9786612704642 |
988-220-189-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Dialects - Japan |
English language - Japan |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Prologue -- The dynamics of English words in contemporary Japanese: Japanese English and a "beautiful human life" -- The history of Japanese English language contact -- The Japanese writing system and English -- The poetics of English in Japanese pop songs and contemporary verse -- A new voice: the use of English as a new rhetoric in modern Japanese women's language -- Using the graphic and pictorial image to explore Japan's "Empire of Signs" -- Is it naisu rice or good gohan? In Japan, it's not what you eat, but how you say it -- Language and culture contact in the Japanese colour nomenclature system: from neon oranges to shocking pinks -- Sense, sensation, and symbols: English in the realm of the senses -- Images of race and identity in Japanese and American language and culture contact -- Japan, English, and world Englishes -- Appendix: the Japanese syllabary writing system. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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