This is the first book on Japanese rhetorical style and strategy ever made available for English readers. Professor Maynard presents, in thirty entries, clear explication of Japanese discourse organization and detailed analysis of the rhetorical strategies used. Also included are practice readings selected from contemporary Japanese discourse, including essays, newspaper columns, a short story, a comic and an advertisement, with translations and wordlists. A helpful self-study guide, it is also an excellent reference source for students and instructors of Japanese.
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"There is little doubt that, as a textbook, this volume not only admirably helps fill some pedagogical gaps, but also makes an interesting reader. However, this significant book is actually much more than a mere language text; it is also of great value for anthropological linguistics or sociolinguistics. The book is well written and its organization is generally straightforward and logical (in the sense of English). It is easily accessible for linguists and anthropologists, even those who are not especially familiar with Japanese...this book on Japanese discourse analysis is of great value... Those in the fields of discourse analysis, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and communications studies will also find much of interest in this important book, regardless of their theoretical orientation or geographical specialization." Anthropological Linguisitics
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This is the first book on Japanese rhetorical style and strategy ever made available for English readers. Professor Maynard presents, in 30 entries, clear explication of Japanese discourse organisation and detailed analysis of the rhetorical strategies used. Also included are practice readings selected from contemporary Japanese discourse, including essays, newspaper columns, a short story, a comic and an advertisement, with translations and wordlists. A helpful self-study guide, it is also an excellent reference source for students and instructors of Japanese.
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Although this is not (nor professes to be) a textbook for learning the Japanese language, I`ve found it to be more useful than most actual textbooks. What this book sets out to do is to give the reader as understanding of the structure of Japanese discourse, which at the same same gives the reader an insight into Japanese thought process. While it�fs a great introduction to Japanese linguistics, the main content of the book consists of Japanese discourse taken from all manner of publications; newspapers, magazines, even comics. The extracts are presented in Japanese without furigana (a reading aid placed above kanji for those that cannot read them). On subsequent pages is an explanation of the meaning and a vocabulary list. Therefore, it`s a great way to practice reading with real material, (i.e. no boring �gHey Yuko, where are you going?�h, �gI`m going to the department store�h style dialogs), and handy if you`re studying towards grammar tests. An excellent book and one that fills a much needed gap in an area flooded with second rate textbooks. One thing to note however, is that you`ll need a good understanding of basic Japanese and the ability to read hiragana, katakana and about 300 kanji to use it effectively.
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Although this is not (nor professes to be) a textbook for learning the Japanese language, I`ve found it to be more useful than most actual textbooks. What this book sets out to do is to give the reader as understanding of the structure of Japanese discourse, which at the same same gives the reader an insight into Japanese thought process. While itfs a great introduction to Japanese linguistics, the main content of the book consists of Japanese discourse taken from all manner of publications; newspapers, magazines, even comics. The extracts are presented in Japanese without furigana (a reading aid placed above kanji for those that cannot read them). On subsequent pages is an explanation of the meaning and a vocabulary list. Therefore, it`s a great way to practice reading with real material, (i.e. no boring gHey Yuko, where are you going?h, gI`m going to the department storeh style dialogs), and handy if you`re studying towards grammar tests. An excellent book and one that fills a much needed gap in an area flooded with second rate textbooks. One thing to note however, is that you`ll need a good understanding of basic Japanese and the ability to read hiragana, katakana and about 300 kanji to use it effectively.
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