Learn Japanese: Must-Know Japanese Slang Words & Phrases

Learn Japanese: Must-Know Japanese Slang Words & Phrases
Author: Innovative Language Learning
Publisher: Innovative Language Learning
Total Pages: 115
Release:
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

Do you want to learn Japanese the fast, fun and easy way? And do you want to master daily conversations and speak like a native? Then this is the book for you. Learn Japanese: Must-Know Japanese Slang Words & Phrases by JapanesePod101 is designed for Beginner-level learners. You learn the top 100 must-know slang words and phrases that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of Japanese teachers and experts. Here’s how the lessons work: • Every Lesson is Based on a Theme • You Learn Slang Words or Phrases Related to That Theme • Check the Translation & Explanation on How to Use Each One And by the end, you will have mastered 100+ Japanese Slang Words & phrases!

Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology

Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology
Author: Shigeko Okamoto
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2004-10-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0195347293

Japanese Language, Gender and Ideology is a collection of previously unpublished articles by established as well as promising young scholars in Japanese language and gender studies. The contributors to this edited volume argue that traditional views of language in Japan are cultural constructs created by policy makers and linguists, and that Japanese society in general, and language use in particular, are much more diverse and heterogeneous than previously understood. This volume brings together studies that substantially advance our understanding of the relationship between Japanese language and gender, with particular focus on examining local linguistic practices in relation to dominant ideologies. Topics studies include gender and politeness, the history of language policy, language and Japanese romance novels and fashion magazines, bar talk, dictionary definitions, and the use of first-person pronouns. The volume will substantially advance the agenda of this field, and will be of interest to sociolinguists, anthropologists, sociologists, and scholars of Japan and Japanese.

The Social Life of the Japanese Language

The Social Life of the Japanese Language
Author: Shigeko Okamoto
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2016-08-04
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1316720616

Why are different varieties of the Japanese language used differently in social interaction, and how are they perceived? How do honorifics operate to express diverse affective stances, such as politeness? Why have issues of gendered speech been so central in public discourse, and how are they reflected and refracted in language use as social practice? This book examines Japanese sociolinguistic phenomena from a fascinating new perspective, focusing on the historical construction of language norms and its relationship to actual language use in contemporary Japan. This socio-historically sensitive account stresses the different choices which have shaped Japanese and Western sociolinguistics and how varieties of Japanese, honorifics and politeness, and gendered language have emerged in response to the socio-political landscape in which a modernizing Japan found itself.

Japanese

Japanese
Author: Yoko Hasegawa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2015-01-08
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1107032776

A succinct overview of the Japanese language, looking at grammar, vocabulary, meaning and sound structure, as well as sociolinguistics and history.

Queer Japanese

Queer Japanese
Author: H. Abe
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2010-03-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230106161

Abe presents a comprehensive picture of the linguistic strategies employed by Japanese sexual minorities in various social contexts, from magazine advice columns to bars to text messaging on cell phones to private homes.

Japanese Honorifics & Pronouns

Japanese Honorifics & Pronouns
Author: Yumi Boutwell
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781718152281

Just how do I say "I" in Japanese? Watashi? Watakushi? Ore? Boku? Ora? Sessha? Yes. All of the above, and there are more. This quick-and-to-the-point lesson, which includes free MP3s of all the examples and words, covers the basics and beyond of Japanese pronouns and honorifics. If you are a beginner and pronouns and honorifics confuse you, this book is for you. Honorifics are words like san, sama, sensei, and senpai which convey esteem or respect for someone's position or rank. Even the pronouns are not simple. Gender, status, and familiarity all play a part in choosing your "Mr." or "Miss." This book helps demystify Japanese pronouns and honorifics. Are you a beginner? Great! Click add to cart to get started now. -- Each book in the Inazuma Series of Japanese lessons focuses on a very narrow topic, giving you both the essential information upfront and the spice of nonessential but fun information following. It is like eating your vegetables with ketchup.

Broadening the Horizon of Linguistic Politeness

Broadening the Horizon of Linguistic Politeness
Author: Robin T. Lakoff
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2005-10-27
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027294119

This collection of 19 papers celebrates the coming of age of the field of politeness studies, now in its 30th year. It begins with an investigation of the meaning of politeness, especially linguistic politeness, and presents a short history of the field of linguistic politeness studies, showing how such studies go beyond the boundaries of conventional linguistic work, incorporating, as they do, non-language insights. The emphasis of the volume is on non-Western languages and the ways linguistic politeness is achieved with them. Many, if not most, studies have focused on Western languages, but the languages highlighted here show new and different aspects of the phenomena.The purpose of linguistic politeness is to aid in successful communication throughout the world, and this volume offers a balance of geographical distribution not found elsewhere, including Japanese, Thai, and Chinese, as well as Greek, Swedish and Spanish. It covers such theoretical topics as face, wakimae, social levels, gender-related differences in language usage, directness and indirectness, and intercultural perspectives.

The Semantics and Pragmatics of Honorification

The Semantics and Pragmatics of Honorification
Author: Elin McCready
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2019
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0198821360

This book explores the semantics and pragmatics of honorifics, expressions that indicate the degree of formality that a speaker feels is required in interacting with another person. The analysis is applied to a variety of empirical examples, particularly from Japanese and Thai, and explores a wide range of related philosophical issues.

Classical Japanese

Classical Japanese
Author: Haruo Shirane
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2005-07-27
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780231509466

Classical Japanese: A Grammar is a comprehensive, and practical guide to classical Japanese. Extensive notes and historical explanations make this volume useful as both a reference for advanced students and a textbook for beginning students. The volume, which explains how classical Japanese is related to modern Japanese, includes detailed explanations of basic grammar, including helpful, easy-to-use tables of grammatical forms; annotated excerpts from classical premodern texts. Classical Japanese: A Grammar - Exercise Answers and Tables (ISBN: 978-0-231-13530-6) is now available for purchase as a separate volume.

The Handbook of Korean Linguistics

The Handbook of Korean Linguistics
Author: Lucien Brown
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2019-02-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1119016878

The Handbook of Korean Linguistics presents state-of-the-art overviews of the linguistic research on the Korean language. • Structured to allow a range of theoretical perspectives in addressing linguistic phenomena • Includes chapters on Old Korean and Middle Korean, present-day language policies in North and South Korea, social aspects of Korean as a heritage language, and honorifics • Indispensable and unique resource not only for those studying Korean linguistics but cross-linguistic research in general