Japanese English : language and culture contact / / James Stanlaw

• Autore: Stanlaw James
• Pubblicazione: Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2004; Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations, map
• Disciplina: 306.440952
• Soggetto topico: English language - Dialects - Japan; English language - Japan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Japanese English
• ISBN: 1-282-70464-8; 9786612704642; 988-220-189-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785001803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Asian Englishes today.