Scripting Japan: Orthography, Variation, and the Creation of Meaning in Written Japanese

Name: Scripting Japan: Orthography, Variation, and the Creation of Meaning in Written Japanese
Brand: Wesley C. Robertson
SKU: 9780367353728
Price: 186.00 GBP
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by Wesley C. Robertson

Title:

Author:

Wesley C. Robertson

Series (if any):

Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics

Format:

Hardback

Number of pages:

210 pages, 17 Tables, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and whit

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

ISBN-13:

9780367353728

EAN:

9780367353728

Classifications:

Linguistics

Weight (g):

594

Dimensions (mm):

241 x 164 x 19

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£186.00

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Description

This monograph provides the first investigation into the ways these authors and their readers engage with script variation as a social language practice, looking at how purely script-based language choices influence the ultimate meaning created by language acts.