Welcome to Japanese: A Beginner's Survey of the Language (Welcome To Series)

Henshall, Kenneth G.; Kawai, Junji

ISBN 10: 0804833761 / ISBN 13: 9780804833769

Published by Tuttle Publishing (edition Bilingual), 2004

About this Item

It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Welcome to Japanese: A Beginner's Survey of the Language (Welcome To Series)
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (edition Bilingual)
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804833761
• ISBN 13: 9780804833769
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Bilingual.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

This concise, illustrated introduction to the main characteristics of Japanese is written to be accessible to the beginning student as well as to anyone considering learning the language or with a general interest in Japanese language and culture. It does not teach how to speak the language but provides a demystifying overview of Japanese from linguistic, historical and social perspectives.

About the Author

Dr Kenneth Henshall is Professor of Japanese in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. His broad-ranging research interests related to Japan include language, literature, history, society, ethics, and management techniques. He has also published with Tuttle Publishing A Guide to emembering Japanese Characters and A Guide to Learning Hiragana and Katakana, and is the lead author of the revised edition (2003) of A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese.