NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Cultural Code Words - Softcover

De Mente, Boye Lafayette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0844283150 ISBN 13: 9780844283159

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1996

Synopsis

For centuries the Japanese used their language as a barrier to prevent nonJapanese from learning about the inner workings of Japanese society and to ward off foreign influence. In fact, for a long period in Japan's history the teaching of Japanese to foreigners was a serious crime against the state. In this enlightening work, renowned Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente discusses how the psychology of the social and political syatem that evolved over the centuries became imbued in and expressed by the language to a degree seldom seen in other cultures.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Japanese

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0844283150
• ISBN 13: 9780844283159
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384