Japanese English: language and culture contact
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Main Author: Stanlaw, James (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press ©2004
Series:Asian Englishes today
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-355) and index
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
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 375 pages)
ISBN:9622095712
9789622095717
9789882201897
988220189X

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