How to Sound Intelligent in Japanese

Author: Charles De Wolf
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
The areas covered in the book are ideas and theories; philosophy and religion; politics and government; the fine arts, humanities, and social sciences; science and technology; law and justice; and business and economics. Beginning students can pick up individual words and put them in sentences of their own making, no matter how simple, and advanced students can get a better understanding of context by reading the sample sentences in the book. Suitable for self-study, building vocabulary, and improving speaking and reading skills.

Tokyo Business Today

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description

Essential Japanese Vocabulary

Author: Akira Miura
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462910106
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 476

Book Description
This is a clear, simple and compact guide to colloquial, everyday Japanese. Acquire basic proficiency in spoken Japanese. A streamlined, efficient approach. Perfect for self-learners or classroom use. Includes kanji and kana. Essential Japanese Vocabulary teaches all the Japanese grammar you need to speak and understand simple spoken Japanese. It covers only what is essential which provides an efficient way for learners who have limited time to gain basic proficiency and begin to communicate naturally with Japanese language speakers. Intended for both self-study and classroom use the guide offers a practical course in colloquial Japanese, but leaves aside forms that are unnecessary or little used as well as those that are more important for written Japanese. In short chapters, it helps the user understand the logic of Japanese grammar, while its straightforward explanations and clear examples make learning as easy as possible. The book includes a glossary of grammatical terms and an index, as well as appendixes on Japanese pronunciation and verb conjugation. In a focused and convenient approach, Essential Japanese Vocabulary is an indispensable tool for beginners just starting to learn Japanese or a handy aid for more experienced learners who wish to refresh their knowledge.

Systems of Reason and the Politics of Schooling

Author: Miguel Pereyra
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317696360
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 528

Book Description
The 1980s were an important decade for educational inquiry. It was the moment of the “linguistic turn,” with its emphasis on the role of language as a constructor of reality, a structuring agent for institutions such as schools, and a medium for translating knowledge into elements of power for processes of social regulation. Drawing on the work and insights of educational researcher Thomas S. Popkewitz, this book shows how the linguistic turn provided an alternative to both mainline educational research grounded in the ideals of political liberalism and the effort of neo-Marxists to challenge liberal thinking in favor of a scholarship based on class conflict and economic determinism.

Japanese Words & Their Uses II

Author: Akira Miura
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462907393
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Many students dutifully memorize the simple English equivalents that are usually given for Japanese words—with the result that they speak poor Japanese. Effective communication requires an understanding of the unique usages of Japanese vocabulary items, which often differ greatly from those of their English "equivalents." Until now, one of the biggest problems has been the lack of adequate reference materials on Japanese usage. This book fills the gap by concisely explaining 300 troublesome but essential words and phrases, which are alphabetically arranged for easy reference. It discusses not only how they should be used but also how they should not be used, contrasting them with their English "equivalents." The entries include many sample sentences and cross-references, along with notes on usage mistakes committed by the author's own students. Drawing on his long experience in teaching Japanese, as well as scholarly research, Professor Miura has produced a work that offers real help to students and teachers of the language everywhere.

Japan

Author: Chris Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780864422378
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 832

Book Description

Langenscheidt Japanese at your fingertips

Author: Tien Tammada
Publisher: Langenscheidt
ISBN: 3125145538
Category : Education
Languages : ja
Pages : 162

Book Description
Everyday vocabulary in pictures and sentences. Simply speak Japanese! -Typical illustrations, scenes and diagrams that support learners -Most important vocabulary and sentences to get started right away -Short dialogues for the most common situations in everyday life

Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing

Author: Alexander Gelbukh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540005323
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 664

Book Description
CICLing 2003 (www.CICLing.org) was the 4th annual Conference on Intelligent Text Processing and Computational Linguistics. It was intended to provide a balanced view of the cutting-edge developments in both the theoretical foundations of computational linguistics and the practice of natural language text processing with its numerous applications. A feature of CICLing conferences is their wide scope that covers nearly all areas of computational linguistics and all aspects of natural language processing applications. The conference is a forum for dialogue between the specialists working in these two areas. This year we were honored by the presence of our keynote speakers Eric Brill (Microsoft Research, USA), Aravind Joshi (U. Pennsylvania, USA), Adam Kilgarriff (Brighton U., UK), and Ted Pedersen (U. Minnesota, USA), who delivered excellent extended lectures and organized vivid discussions. Of 92 submissions received, after careful reviewing 67 were selected for presentation; 43 as full papers and 24 as short papers, by 150 authors from 23 countries: Spain (23 authors), China (20), USA (16), Mexico (13), Japan (12), UK (11), Czech Republic (8), Korea and Sweden (7 each), Canada and Ireland (5 each), Hungary (4), Brazil (3), Belgium, Germany, Italy, Romania, Russia and Tunisia (2 each), Cuba, Denmark, Finland and France (1 each).

Bibliographic Guide to East Asian Studies

Author: New York Public Library Staff
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN: 9780783813202
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 684

Book Description
An aid for reseaching non-western cultures, the Bibliographic Guide to East Asian Studies covers Japan, China, North and South Korea, Honk Kong, and Taiwan, with approximately 3,500 listings from LC MARC tapes and the Oriental Division of The New York Public Library. It includes publications about East Asia; materials published in any of the relevant countries; and publications in the Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. Listings are transcribed into Anglicised characters. Each entry provides complete bibliographic information, along with the NYPL and/or LC call numbers.

Fluent Japanese from Anime and Manga

Author: Eric Bodnar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781521195260
Category : Animated films
Languages : en
Pages : 87

Book Description
How can anime and manga be used to help students learn Japanese? This book attempts to provide an answer to that question as well as the "how to learn Japanese" question. Of course, Japanese fiction does use a highly informal and caricatured version of the language, but when the student understands the difference between formal and informal language, anime and manga can become a valuable resource to learn Japanese. If you are tired of re-reading and re-listening to the same dialogues from your Japanese language textbook, why not try something new and different? This book will teach you a method that allows you to learn, practice, and never forget new Japanese vocabulary, phrases, grammar points, and kanji that you encounter from any Japanese source of your choosing including anime and manga. This system will teach you how to learn Japanese successfully the fun and easy way including how to speak Japanese both formally and informally. The method of this book also covers smarter ways to practice listening comprehension and reading and writing the Japanese language. This is not your conventional Japanese language textbook that lists topics to study accompanied by new vocabulary and grammar points. You can find hundreds of those in bookstores and across the internet. Rather than dissect and explain a large hodgepodge collection of words and lines from random anime and manga that you may not be interested in, this book will show you a system on how to learn from any series of your choice. You may find this system particularly useful if you have trouble remembering any new Japanese language. Learn Japanese vocabulary, grammar, and kanji from the Dragon Ball, Sword Art Online, Naruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail, One Punch Man, Death Note, Bleach, Attack on Titan, and much more!