02577oam 2200481 450 991078500180332120170523091620.01-282-70464-89786612704642988-220-189-X(OCoLC)650586978(MiFhGG)GVRL4FSA(EXLCZ)99267000000003936620100917d2004 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrJapanese English language and culture contact /James StanlawHong Kong Hong Kong University Pressc2004Hong Kong :Hong Kong University Press,2004.1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) illustrations, mapAsian Englishes todayDescription based upon print version of record.962-209-572-0 962-209-571-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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. Asian Englishes today.English languageDialectsJapanEnglish languageJapanEnglish languageDialectsEnglish language306.440952Stanlaw James1534230MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910785001803321Japanese English3781607UNINA