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Japanese communication : language and thought in context /

In an accessible and original study of the Japanese language in relation to Japanese society and culture, Senko Maynard characterizes the ways of communicating in Japanese and explores Japanese language-associated modes of thinking and feeling. Japanese Communication: Language and Thought in Context...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maynard, Senko K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Japonés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiì Press, ©1997.
©1997
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Note on Romanization
  • Introduction: Japanese Communication
  • 1. The Context of Japanese Communication
  • 1. Cultural Myth, Self, and Society
  • 2. Relationality and Communication
  • 3. Competing Orientations within Relationality
  • 4. Relationality Cues in the Sociocultural Context of Japan
  • 5. Relationality and the Concept of Self
  • 2. Japanese Language in Context
  • 6. Styles and Varieties of the Japanese Language: Responding to Social Needs
  • 7. Japanese Phrases: Expressing Emotion and Speaker's Attitude
  • 8. Japanese Sentence Structure: Grammar in Context
  • 9. Japanese Communication Strategies: Collaboration toward Persuasion
  • 3. Japanese Thought in Context
  • 10. Relationality and Language-Associated Thought
  • 11. Centrality of Scene: The World as a Relational Place
  • 12. Nonagent Orientation: The World as "Becoming
  • 13. More than Words: A World beyond Description
  • 14. Echoing "Voices from the Heart": A World of Things and Emotions
  • 15. Manipulation of Textual Voices: A World of Shifting Points of View
  • 16. Speaking as Self-Narrative: The World as a Subjective and Interpersonal Place
  • 4. Japanese Communication in Global Context
  • 17. Japanese Text and Talk in Contrast
  • 18. Japan-U.S. Intercultural Communication
  • 19. Misinformation and Media in Global Context
  • 20. Toward a New Awareness
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.