Books on Japan in Western Languages Recently Acquired by the National Diet Library
Author: Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan)
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 140
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Author: Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan)
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Douglas R. Howland
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2001-09-30
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780824824624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this rich and absorbing analysis of the transformation of political thought in nineteenth-century Japan, Douglas Howland examines the transmission to Japan of key concepts--liberty, rights, sovereignty, and society--from Western Europe and the United States. Because Western political concepts did not translate well into their language, Japanese had to invent terminology to engage Western political thought. This work of westernization served to structure historical agency as Japanese leaders undertook the creation of a modern state. Where scholars have previously treated the introduction of Western political thought to Japan as a simple migration of ideas from one culture to another, Howland undertakes an unprecedented integration of the history of political concepts and the semiotics of translation techniques. He demonstrates that Japanese efforts to translate the West must be understood as problems both of language and action--as the creation and circulation of new concepts and the usage of these new concepts in debates about the programs and policies to be implemented in a westernizing Japan. Translating the West will interest scholars of East Asian studies and translation studies and historians of political thought, liberalism, and modernity.
Author: Kokusai Kirisutokyō Daigaku. Toshokan
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 154
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tôyô Bunko. Toyogaku Information Center
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 74
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Tse
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 1993-04-15
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1462918077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFinally, a systematic approach to learning the language of Kansai's boardrooms, shops, bars, a and boudoirs."—Kansai time Out Kansai Japanese contains everything you need to know about Kansai-ben, the most important dialect of the Japanese language. Spoken in the Kansai region, which includes the well-known cities of Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe, Kansai-ben has long been considered a cryptic dialect even by Japanese. Thus it is no wonder that foreigners who speak only standard Japanese are baffled when they find themselves surrounded by the 21 million Japanese speaking the Kansai dialect. Kansai-ben is said to be earthier and more direct than standard Japanese, but it has its own system of polite language that is not taught in books or schools. In fact, Kansai-ben is rarely taught anywhere, and until now there has been no English text that explains the workings of this colorful dialect. Entertaining and very practical, Kansai Japanese has hundreds of sample sentences and dialogues with both English and standard-Japanese equivalents, covering topics like: Traditional Kyoto dialectMale and female speechLovers' languageKansai honorifics land insultsTV and movie samurai languageAnd much more!
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Published: 1980
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Yoko Kobayashi
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-01-19
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1351804561
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book seeks a better understanding of the sociocultural and ideological factors that influence English study in Japan and study-abroad contexts such as university-bound high schools, female-dominant English classes at college, ESL schools in Canada, and private or university-affiliated ESL programs in Singapore and Malaysia. The discussion is based not only on data garnered from Japanese EFL learners and Japanese/overseas educators but also on official English language policies and commercial magazine discourses about English study for Japanese people. The book addresses seemingly incompatible themes that are either entrenched in or beyond Japan’s EFL context such as: Japan’s decades-long poorly-performing English education vs. its equally long-lived status as an economic power; Japanese English learners’ preference for native English speakers/norms in at-home Japanese EFL contexts vs. their friendship with other Asian students in western study-abroad contexts; Japanese female students’ dream of using English to further their careers vs. Japanese working women’s English study for self-enrichment; Japanese society’s obsession with globalization through English study vs. the Japanese economy sustained by monolingual Japanese businessmen; Japanese business magazines’ frequent cover issues on global business English study vs. Japanese working women’s magazines’ less frequent and markedly feminized discourses about English study.
Author: Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 412
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tōyōgaku Informēshon Sentā, Tokyo
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mutsuko Yabu
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 74
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