Understanding Japan: A Cultural History. Episode 4, Aspects of the Japanese Language.
Understanding Japan: A Cultural History. Episode 4, Aspects of the Japanese Language.
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Mark J. Ravina
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015.
Make sense of one of the world's most complex writing systems, and discover how spoken Japanese reflects a long-standing concern with order, hierarchy, and consensus. Why is social context so important when speaking Japanese? And what are the linguistic consequences of adopting Chinese characters in Japanese writing?
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
12242707 Kanopy
Asians.
History, Modern.
Education films.
Title from title frames. Film In Process Record.
Mark J. Ravina
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015.
Make sense of one of the world's most complex writing systems, and discover how spoken Japanese reflects a long-standing concern with order, hierarchy, and consensus. Why is social context so important when speaking Japanese? And what are the linguistic consequences of adopting Chinese characters in Japanese writing?
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English
12242707 Kanopy
Asians.
History, Modern.
Education films.