"On the basis of the meticulous transcription observation process of 'Conversation Analysis', this book observes recurrent patterns in sequences where Japanese speakers negotiate agreement and disagreement. It contributes to the growing body of research on interaction and gramma…
"This book introduces the way languages are used in families under multilingual circumstances in Japan, namely Japanese-English interlingual families, and examines what factors influence their language choice, with the aim of arriving at a predictive model of language use. The d…
This book introduces the way languages are used in Japanese-English interlingual families in Japan and explains what factors influence their language choice, with the aim of arriving at a predictive model of language use. It also proposes a taxonomy of interlingual family types …
This tractate—a treatise—on beauty in Japanese art, is written in the manner of a zuihitsu, a free-ranging assortment of ideas that “follow the brush” wherever it leads. Donald Richie looks at how perceptual values in Japan were drawn from raw nature and then modified by elegant…