Gebundenes Buch

Language Communities in Japan

Beschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the rich linguistic diversity in Japan. Each chapter explores the history and current status of a specific language community, including indigenous languages such as Ryukyan, community languages such as Chinese and Portuguese, and languages of modernization and culture, such as English and French.

Autor

John C. Maher is Professor of Linguistics at International Christian University, Tokyo, specializing in sociolinguistics. He has previously held positions at the University of Edinburgh, St. Antony's College, Oxford, and De La Salle University, Manila. His many publications in both English and Japanese include Introducing Chomsky (Multilingual Matters, 1995), and Multilingualism: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2017) and, as co-editor with Kyoko Yashiro, Multilingual Japan (Multilingual Matters, 1995). He is a founding member of the Japan Association of the Sociolinguistic Sciences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780198856610
• ISBN-10: 019885661X
• Artikelnr.: 62355411