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UNINA9911091297003321 |
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Autore |
Simon-Maeda Andrea <1951-> |
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Titolo |
Being and becoming a speaker of Japanese : an autoethnographic account / / Andrea Simon-Maeda |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Bristol ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, 2011 |
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1-283-14773-4 |
9786613147738 |
1-84769-362-8 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (170 p.) |
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Collana |
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Second language acquisition |
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Disciplina |
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Japanese language - Study and teaching |
Second language acquisition - Study and teaching |
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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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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Postmodern Basis of Autoethnography -- Chapter 2. Narrative Inquiry in SLA and Applied Linguistics -- Chapter 3. In the Beginning: Situating the Story -- Chapter 4. In the Middle: Love, Marriage, Family -- Chapter 5. Career Discourse(s) -- Chapter 6. Where I Am Now: Two Days in the Life of an Expatriate -- Appendix 1: Foreign population -- Appendix 2: Newspaper article -- Appendix 3: Typical examples of Mayor Kawamura’s ‘Nagoya dialect’ -- Appendix 4: Examples of Japanese emoticons -- Appendix 5: Manual for high school visits -- References -- Index |
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This autoethnographic account of the author’s Japanese as a second language learning trajectory is an important and unique addition to diary studies in SLA and applied linguistics qualitative research circles. In-depth ethnographic details and introspective commentary are skilfully interwoven throughout Simon-Maeda’s narrative of her experiences as an American expatriate who arrived in Japan in 1975 – the starting point of her being and becoming a speaker of Japanese. The book joins the recent surge in postmodernist, interdisciplinary approaches to examining language acquisition, and readers are presented with a highly convincing case for using autoethnography to |
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better understand sociolinguistic complexities that are unamenable to quantification of isolated variables. The comprehensive literature review and wide ranging references provide a valuable source of information for researchers, educators, and graduate students concerned with current issues in SLA/applied linguistics, bi/multilingualism, and Japanese as a second language. |
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UNINA9911114780403321 |
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Titolo |
Africa's Thorny Horn : Searching for a New Balance in the Age of pandemic |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (168 p.) |
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Geopolitics |
Horn of Africa Politics and government 21st century |
Horn of Africa Foreign relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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In the context of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Horn of Africa remains one of the most dynamic and intriguing regions on the African continent. The political processes currently under way - including the recent conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region - have deep implications that reflect on the domestic equilibria within the area's core states - Ethiopia itself, but also Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti - as well as on the relations among them. The nature and extent of involvement by external, non-African players is bound to be affected too. How is the Horn of Africa changing, following the leadership transition in Ethiopia? What are the main political and security prospects for the region and for the states belonging to it? And how will ongoing dynamics impact on European political strategies? |
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