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Studies in Japanese bilingualism / edited by Mary Goebel Noguchi and Sandra Fotos.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Noguchi, Mary Goebel, 1951-
Fotos, Sandra.
Series:
Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 22.
Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 22
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bilingualism--Japan.
Bilingualism.
Education, Bilingual--Social aspects--Japan.
Education, Bilingual.
Linguistic minorities--Education--Social aspects--Japan--Case studies.
Linguistic minorities.
Physical Description:
x, 386 p.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Clevedon [England] ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters Ltd., c2001.
Language Note:
English
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Summary:
This book helps dissolve the myth of Japanese homogeneity by explaining the history of this construct and offering 12 empirical studies on different facets of language contact in Japan, including Ainu revitalisation, Korean language maintenance and English immersion, as well as codeswitching and language attrition in Japanese contexts.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Inroduction: The Crumbling of a Myth
Chapter 2: Japanese Attitudes Towards Bilingualism: A Survey and Its Implications
Chapter 3: Language and Culture Revitalisation in a Hokkaido Ainu Community
Chapter 4: Language and Identity in Okinawa Today
Chapter 5: Affiliation, Not Assimilation: Resident Koreans and Ethnic Education
Chapter 6: Japan's idden Bilinguals: The Language of 'War Orphans' and Their Families After Repatriation From China
Chapter 7: On the Language Environment of Brazilian Immigrants in Fujisawa City
Chapter 8: Language Minority Students in Japanese Public Schools
Chapter 9: Bilinguality and Bicultural Children in Japan: A Pilot Survey of Factors Linkied to Active English-Japanese Bilingualism
Chapter 10: Bilingual education of Children in Japan: Year Four of a Partial Immersion Programme
Chapter 11: English/Japanese Codeswitching Among Students in an International High School
Chapter 12: Codeswitching by Japan's Unrecognised Bilinguals: Japanese University Students' Use of Their Native Language as a Learning Strategy
Chapter 13: Language Attrition in Contexts of Japanese Bilingualism
Contributors
Index.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786610827800
9781853597086
9781280827808
1280827807
9781853597084
1853597082
OCLC:
923618928

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