Understanding Japan: A Cultural History. Episode 4, Aspects of the Japanese Language.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 12242707 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2015Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- computer
- online resource
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