Bibliographic Information

Japanese for all occasions : mastering speech styles from casual to honorific

Taeko Kamiya

Kodansha International, c2010

Other Title

英文版 : 状況別の日本語会話表現集

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Note

朗読: 松永玲子ほか. 挿画: 早川修

Includes bibliographical references (p. 198)

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9784770031518

Table of Contents

  • 1 BASIC FORMATION(Personal Pronouns;Names;Honorific Prefixes お‐ and ご‐ ほか)
  • 2 CONVERSATION(Introducing People;Identifying Things;Asking When ほか)
  • APPENDIXES(Answers to the Practice Questions;Verb Conjugation Chart;Adjective Inflection Chart)

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Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9784770031518

Description

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

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