The making of monolingual Japan : language ideology and Japanese modernity /

Japan is regarded as a model case of successful language modernization. It is also often erroneously believed to be linguistically homogenous. This book explores the debates relating to language modernization from a language ideology perspective, and in doing so reveals the mechanisms by which langu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heinrich, Patrick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 2012.
Series:Multilingual matters (Series) ; 146.
Subjects:
Language and languages > Study and teaching > Japan.
Second language acquisition.
Language and languages > Variation.
Linguistics > Study and teaching > Japan.
English language > Japan.
Language and culture > Japan.
Langage et langues > Étude et enseignement > Japon.
Langue seconde > Acquisition.
Variation (Linguistique)
Linguistique > Étude et enseignement > Japon.
Anglais (Langue) > Japon.
Langage et culture > Japon.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
English language
Language and culture
Language and languages
Language and languages > Study and teaching
Language and languages > Variation
Linguistics > Study and teaching
Second language acquisition
Taalpolitiek.
Japan > Languages.
Japon > Langues.
Japan
Japan.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; 1 Language Ideology as a Field of Enquiry; 2 The Call of Mori Arinori to Replace Japanese; 3 The Creation of a Modern Voice; 4 The Unification of Japanese; 5 The Linguistic Assimilation of Ryukyuans and Ainu; 6 The Most Beautiful Language in the World; 7 Language Ideology as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy; 8 Current Challenges to Modernist Language Ideology; 9 Language Ideology in 21st-century Japan; References; Index.

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