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Japanese English : Language and Culture Contact /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stanlaw, James
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, 2004
Colección:Asian Englishes today.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.