Nihongo - In Defence of Japanese

The Japanese language is often under attack by linguists, translators and even amateurs for having a seemingly vague set of rules, making it near impossible to ever fully grasp all of the language''s facets. Roy Andrew Miller guides the reader through these often contradictory allegations by evaluating Japanese in the light of linguistic science. He also pays particular attention to the problems inherent in certain systems for describing the language, and to questions posed by published translations from Japanese literature.>

Product details

• Authors: Roy Miller, Roy Andrew Miller, Roy Andrew (Late of University of Washington Miller, Miller Roy Andrew
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2015
• EAN: 9781474247214
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-4721-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Linguistics: Bloomsbury Academic Collections; Linguistics: Bloomsbury Academic Collections; Linguistics: Bloomsbury Academ; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics