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Sheds new light on the extent of linguistic and cultural diversity in Japan
Chapters are consistently structured to enable easy comparison between language communities
Provides detailed historical context for contemporary sociolinguistic phenomena

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Language Communities in Japan

Edited by John C. Maher

Introduction: Tradition in motion, John C. Maher
Part I: National Languages
1. Japanese in the world: The diaspora communities, Kazuko Matsumoto
2. Japanese in Japan: The national language and regional varieties, Junko Hibiya
3. Language communities of the Northern Ryukyus: Okinawan, Amami, and Kunigami, Patrick Heinrich
4. Language communities of the Southern Ryukyus: Miyako, Yaeyama, and Yonaguni, Sachiyo Fujita-Round
5. Japanese Sign Language: A language of the deaf community, Norie Oka
6. Ainu: An urban-rural indigenous language of the North, Hidetoshi Shiraishi
Part II: Community Languages
7. Korean: Ancient and modern transnational links of language and culture, Hye-Gyeong Ohe
8. Chinese: A historic language of cultural influence, Shi Jie
9. Portuguese: Diaspora, ethnolinguistic vitality, and cultural influence, Lucila Etsuko Gibo
10. Spanish: From Renaissance missionaries to the Nikkeijin community, Daniel Quintero
11. Urdu and Hindi: Languages of urban transnational business and culture, Rika Yamashita
12. Nepali: Outmigration and the evolving diaspora, Tina Shrestha
13. Vietnamese: From refugee community to cultural transitions, Mayumi Adachi
14. Filipino: A nationwide migrant language and culture, Sachi Takahata
15. Burmese: Refugees and Little Yangon, Kosei Otsuka
16. Turkish, Kurdish, and Uighur: Linguistic and political presence from the Meiji period, John C. Maher
17. Persian: Migration waves and diversification, Hourieh Akbari
Part III: Languages of Culture, Politics, and Modernization
18. English: International language of work, learning, and education, Simon Cookson
19. Dutch and German: Mediator languages of science, politics, and law, Florian Coulmas
20. French: Culture, linguistic landscape, and modernization, Simon Tuchais
21. Russian: A historical language community and Russian language education, Petr Podalko
22. Esperanto: Internationalism, dialogue, and an evolving community, Kimura Goro Christoph and Gotoo Hitosi
23. Latin and Sanskrit: Hidden Christians, Buddhism, and religious scholarship, John C. Maher
Afterword
References
Index

Language Communities in Japan

Edited by John C. Maher

Author Information

John C. Maher, Professor of Linguistics, International Christian University, Tokyo

John C. Maher is Professor of Linguistics at International Christian University, Tokyo, specializing in sociolinguistics. He has previously held positions at the University of Edinburgh, St. Antony's College, Oxford, and De La Salle University, Manila. His many publications in both English and Japanese include Introducing Chomsky (Multilingual Matters, 1995), and Multilingualism: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2017) and, as co-editor with Kyoko Yashiro, Multilingual Japan (Multilingual Matters, 1995). He is a founding member of the Japan Association of the Sociolinguistic Sciences.

Contributors:

Mayumi Adachi, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Hourieh Akbari, Shirayuri Women's University
Simon Cookson, J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo
Florian Coulmas, University of Duisburg-Essen
Sachiyo Fujita-Round, International Christian University, Tokyo
Lucila Etsuko Gibo, Sophia University
Gotoo Hitosi, Tohoku University
Patrick Heinrich, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Junko Hibiya, International Christian University
Kimura Goro Christoph, Sophia University
John C. Maher, International Christian University, Tokyo
Kazuko Matsumoto, University of Tokyo
Petr Podalko, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo
Daniel Quintero, International Christian University, Tokyo
Hye-Gyeong Ohe, International Christian University, Tokyo
Norie Oka, Meisei Gakuen School for the Deaf, Tokyo
Kosei Otsuka, Osaka University
Jie Shi, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo
Hidetoshi Shiraishi, Sapporo Gakuin University
Tina Shrestha, Waseda University
Sachi Takahata, University of Shizuoka
Simon Tuchais, Sophia University
Rika Yamashita, Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama

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Language Communities in Japan

Edited by John C. Maher

Sheds new light on the extent of linguistic and cultural diversity in Japan
Chapters are consistently structured to enable easy comparison between language communities
Provides detailed historical context for contemporary sociolinguistic phenomena

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Hardcover

Published: 25 April 2022

272 Pages

9.2 x 6.1 inches

ISBN: 9780198856610

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Language Communities in Japan

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Language Communities in Japan

Edited by John C. Maher

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Also of Interest

Multilingualism: A Very Short Introduction

John C. Maher
Commonplace Witnessing

Bradford Vivian
The Word and the World

Bimal Krishna Matilal
The Death of Human Capital?

Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, and Sin Yi Cheung
Women in the History of Linguistics

Wendy Ayres-Bennett and Helena Sanson
Nominal Arguments and Language Variation

Li Julie Jiang
The Death of Human Capital?

Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, and Sin Yi Cheung
The Book of Answers

Tanya Stivers
Nominal Arguments and Language Variation

Li Julie Jiang
The New ABCs of Research

Ben Shneiderman
The Oxford Handbook of Translation and Social Practices

Sara Laviosa and Meng Ji
Other Indonesians

Joseph Errington
Community Power and Empowerment

Brian D. Christens
Learning Languages in Early Modern England

John Gallagher
Other Indonesians

Joseph Errington
Power at Ground Zero

Lynne B. Sagalyn

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