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The aim of this book is to help students struggling to become proficient in reading Japanese. It fills a gap in the expanding literature on Japanese-language instruction by focusing exclusively on patterns and expressions found in the written language.

Although many pedagogical aids to learning the spoken language are available, there is very little to guide students who are trying to master the complexities of the written language. Based on the authors' extensive experience in teaching third- and fourth-year Japanese at American universities, the Reader's Guide to Intermediate...

The studies of the Japanese language and psycholinguistics have advanced quite significantly in the last half century thanks to the progress in the study of cognition and brain mechanisms, and because of technological developments in experimental techniques. This volume contains 18 chapters that discuss the process of Japanese language acquisition as a first/second language and the mechanism of Japanese language perception and production.

Making Sense of Japanese Grammar explains in a lively and highly informative manner basic principles that underlie a wide range of phenomena in Japanese. Students--irrespective of proficiency level and linguistic training--will find clarification on matters of grammar that often seem idiosyncratic and Japanese-specific, such as avoiding the use of certain pronouns, employing the same word order for questions, hidden subjects, polite and direct forms.

Organized for easy access and readability, Making Sense of Japanese Grammar consists of short units, each focused on explaining a...

The most useful terms and phrases in Japanese--right at your fingertips (no Internet connection required)

When you need a word in Japanese, you just have to look it up on the Net or use an app, right? Not really. While these resources are handy for quick look-up, you're only getting a meaning and no more. Get more out of your Japanese language resource with Everyday Japanese Dictionary

This dictionary emphasizes the benefits that print can most effectively provide--a resource that encourages study rather than simply a look-up tool. Everyday Japanese...

Diekontrastive Studie Deutsch-Japanisch zeigt, dass in der Sprache zwei Strategien zur Herstellung von Referenz auftreten, die von einer Sprache zur anderen in unterschiedlicher Ausgepragtheit verankert sind: Deixis und Anaphorik. Diese determinieren die Grammatik einer Sprache weitgehend, und zwar auf allen relevanten linguistischen Ebenen, namlich in Text, Satz und Wort.
Die Untersuchung, in der eine kontrastive Analyse zweier phylogenetisch weit voneinander entfernter Sprachen durchgefuhrt wird, hat dabei zwei Ziele: Zum einen wird versucht, eine neue Typologie aufzustellen, die...