Autore	Seargeant Philip
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Bristol ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xv, 188 p. ) : ill
Disciplina	428.007/052
Collana	Critical language and literacy studies
Soggetto topico	English language - Study and teaching - Japanese speakers English philology - Study and teaching - Japan Second language acquisition English language - Japan English language - Globalization
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	9786612465932 1-84769-203-6 1-282-46593-7 1-84769-691-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Concept of English as a Global Language -- 3. Language Ideology and Global English -- 4. English in Japan: The Current Shape of the Debate -- 5. Globalization: ‘Enriching Japanese Culture Through Contact with Other Cultures’ -- 6. Authenticity: ‘More English than England Itself’ -- 7. Aspiration: ‘Enhancing Lifestyles and Living Out Dreams’ -- 8. The Unknown Language -- 9. Rival Ideologies in Applied Linguistics -- Notes -- References -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453621403321

Autore	Stanlaw James
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (389 p.)
Disciplina	306.440952
Collana	Asian Englishes today
Soggetto topico	Language and culture - Japan English language - Japan
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-70464-8 9786612704642 988-220-189-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
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.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459931403321

Autore	Stanlaw James
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (389 pages)
Disciplina	306.4/4/0952
Collana	Asian Englishes today
Soggetto topico	Language and culture - Japan English language - Japan
ISBN	9786612704642 9781282704640 1282704648 9789882201897 988220189X 9789622095717
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Contents -- Series editor's preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Prologue -- 2. The dynamics of English words incontemporary Japanese: Japanese -- 3. The history of Japanese English languagecontact -- 4. The Japanese writing system and English -- 5. The poetics of English in Japanese pop songsand contemporary verse -- 6. A new voice: The use of English as a newrhetoric in modern Japanese women'slanguage -- 7. Using the graphic and pictorial image toexplore Japan's 'Empire of Signs9 -- 8. Is it naisu rice or good gohan? -- In Japan,it's not what you eat, but how you say it -- 9. Language and culture contact in theJapanese colour nomenclature system: -- 10. Sense, sensation, and symbols:English in the realm of the senses -- 11. Images of race and identity inJapanese and American language andculture contact -- 12. Japan, English, and World Englishes -- Appendix:The Japanese syllabary writing system -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910993973403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (271 p.)
Disciplina	418.0071/052
Altri autori (Persone)	GalanChristian HeinrichPatrick
Collana	Routledge contemporary Japan series
Soggetto topico	Second language acquisition - Japan Linguistics - Study and teaching - Japan English language - Japan Language and culture - Japan
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-136-93594-0 1-282-78133-2 9786612781339 0-203-84667-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Modern and late modern perspectives on language life in Japan; 2 Language rights in Japan: What are they good for?; 3 Difficulties of establishing heritage language education in Uchinaa; 4 The emerging borderless community on the local radio in Uchinaa; 5 Out of this world, in this world, or both?: The Japanese school at a threshold; 6 Japan's literacy myth and its social functions; 7 Standardization and de-standardization processes in spoken Japanese 8 Constraints on language use in public broadcasting9 Technology and the writing system in Japan; 10 Modernity rewritten: Linguistic landscaping in Tokyo; 11 Language, power and politeness in business meetings in Japan; 12 Japanese as an international language; 13 Prospects and prerequisites for a third-way language policy in Japan; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459205203321