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Product Identifiers

PublisherKodansha International

ISBN-104770031513

ISBN-139784770031518

eBay Product ID (ePID)109134991

Product Key Features

Number of Pages200 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameJapanese for All Occasions : Mastering Speech Styles from Casual to Honorific

SubjectMiscellaneous, Multi-Language Phrasebooks, Japanese

Publication Year2011

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorTaeko Kamiya

Subject AreaForeign Language Study

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8.3 Oz

Item Length7.4 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-038375

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal495.6/83421

SynopsisIn Japanese, register--the way you change your words depending on who you are speaking to--plays a key role. The rules of register in Japanese are far more complicated than they are in English, but until now there hasn't been a book that lays it all out in an accessible format. Japanese for All Occasions is a much-needed introduction to this bewildering aspect of the language, aimed at intermediate students and above. Through 57 dialogues, veteran teacher Taeko Kamiya shows learners how the Japanese change their way of speaking according to the social setting or their relationship with the listener, with examples ranging from casual to superpolite. Chapters are organized by function ("Introducing People," "Identifying Things," etc.) so that learners can absorb the most common sentence patterns used in daily life at the same time that they study casual, polite, and honorific styles. Each chapter presents three similar dialogues that show contrasting styles of speech. Detailed notes explain the grammar or usage at work in the dialogues, and quizzes at the end of each chapter allow learners to test their understanding. Best of all, the book comes with a free CD containing all the dialogues, narrated by professional Japanese actors., In Japanese, register -- the way you change your words depending on who you are speaking to -- plays a key role. Japanese for All Occasions is a much-needed introduction to this bewildering aspect of the language, aimed at intermediate students and above. Through 57 dialogues, veteran teacher Taeko Kamiya shows learners how the Japanese change their way of speaking according to the social setting or their relationship with the listener, with examples ranging from casual to superpolite. Chapters are ordered by function and present three similar dialogues that show contrasting styles of speech. Detailed notes explain the grammar or usage at work in the dialogues, and quizzes at the end of each chapter allow learners to test their understanding. Best of all, the book comes with a free CD containing all the dialogues, narrated by professional Japanese actors., In Japanese, register - the way you change your words according to who you are speaking with - plays a key role. This title offers an introduction to this bewildering aspect of the language. Through 57 dialogues, it shows learners how the Japanese change their way of speaking depending on the social setting or their relationship with the listener. In Japanese, register - the way you change your words according to who you are speaking with - plays a key role. The rules of register in Japanese are far more complicated than they are in English, but until

LC Classification NumberPL539.K246 2010