The making of Monolingual Japan : language ideology and Japanese modernity / Patrick Heinrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heinrich, Patrick.

Series:

Multilingual matters (Series)

Multilingual matters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Japan.

Language and languages.

Second language acquisition.

Language and languages--Variation.

Linguistics--Study and teaching--Japan.

Linguistics.

English language--Japan.

English language.

Language and culture--Japan.

Language and culture.

Linguistics--Study and teaching.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Japan.

Japan--Languages.

Physical Description:

viii, 204 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2012]

Summary:

While researching the languages of Japan as part of the country's history of thought, Heinrich (Dokkyo U., Japan) discovered a small branch of linguistics in Japan that deals with problems of national language. He has delved into that area for some years now, and here explores not just the problems of a national language in Japan, but also the problems caused by the idea of a national language. His topics include the call of Mori Rinori to replace Japanese, the linguistic assimilation of Ryukuyuans and Ainu, the most beautiful language in the world, and language ideology as a self-fulfilling prophecy. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847696571

1847696570

9781847696564

1847696562

9781847696588

1847696589

OCLC:

765881906