Japanese English : language and culture contact /

Stanlaw, James,

Japanese English : language and culture contact / James Stanlaw. - Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2004. - 1 online resource (xi, 375 pages) : illustrations - Asian Englishes today . - Asian Englishes today. .

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.

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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.


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Language and culture--Japan.
English language--Japan.
Langage et culture--Japon.
Anglais (Langue)--Japon.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Sociolinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--General.
English language.
Language and culture.


Japan.
Japan
Englisch.


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Electronic books.

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