| Description |
1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1 Loanwords in Japan -- 1.1 Western Loanwords and Japan Today -- 1.2 What are Gairaigo and Katakanago? -- 1.3 Gairaigo Controversies -- 1.4 Key Questions and Focal Points -- 2 For or Against? -- 2.1 Language and Identity -- 2.2 Public Opinions -- 2.3 Advantages and Disadvantages -- 2.4 Why the Polemic? -- 2.5 Gairaigo and Nihongo Dichotomy -- 2.6 Nihongo and Kokugo -- 3 Inundating or Absorbed? -- 3.1 Textual Data -- 3.2 Time Frame -- 3.3 Method of Analysis -- 3.4 Recurrent Verbs -- 3.5 Implications |
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4 Japanese or Foreign? -- 4.1 Nihongo, the Japanese Language, and Gairaigo, Loanwords -- 4.2 Analysis -- 4.3 Summary -- 5 What Kind of Loanwords? -- 5.1 Loanwords as 'Outside Within' -- 5.2 Metaphors -- 5.3 Contrasts -- 5.4 Evolution of Japanese Identities -- 6 Loanwords and Identity in the Age of Diversity -- 6.1 French Discourse on Loanwords -- 6.2 Comparative Observations -- 6.3 Japanese Loanwords Abroad -- 6.4 From the 'Outside Within' to the 'New Wild' -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Japanese language-Foreign words and phrases
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National characteristics, Japanese.
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Japanese language -- Foreign words and phrases
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National characteristics, Japanese
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000845372 |
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1000845370 |
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