Publication

2014 - Multilingual Matters, Bristol, England

Language

English

Word Count

67,250 words, Guess

Page Count

269 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL31181833M
  • ISBN-139781783091843
  • ISBN-139781783091850
  • ISBN-101783091843
  • ISBN-101783091851
and 4 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013046978
  • OCLC Control Number865495234
  • Better World Books9781783091843
  • Better World Books9781783091850

Classifications

  • DDC306.44/0952
  • LCCP35.5.J3 R48 2014
  • LCCP40.85
and 2 more
  • LCCP35.5.J3.R48 2014eb
  • LCCPL519 .B8613 2014

Description

How does language or culture come to be standardized to the degree that it is considered 'homogeneous'? How does teaching language relate to such standardization processes? How can teaching be mindful of the standardization processes that potentially involve power relations? Focusing on the case of Japanese, which is often viewed as homogenous in terms of language and culture, this volume explores these questions in a wide range of contexts: the notions of translation and modernity, the ideologies of the standardization of regional dialects in Japan, current practices in college Japanese-as-a-

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