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Takara, Nobutaka – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Itoman, one of the varieties spoken in the southern part of Okinawa Island, exhibits several tone patterns. Although the tone patterns of Itoman were examined in previous studies (Nakasone ms., Hattori 1959, Oshiro 1963, and Hirayama et al. 1966), they ended at the descriptive level, and no phonological accounts for the surface tone patterns were…
Descriptors: Phonology, Intonation, Language Patterns, Language Variation

Chen, Virginia Wei-chieh – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1977
This paper compares the simplified characters of China, Japan and Singapore, based on China's list of 2295 simplified characters. Charts summarize the comparisons by numbers of characters in each country, and a comparative table lists and illustrates simplified characters in these countries. Taiwanese forms are summarized separately. (CHK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Descriptive Linguistics, Ideography, Language Patterns

Kubota, Ryuko – World Englishes, 1998
Examines arguments for and against extensive English language teaching in non-Western cultures, particularly in Japan, including the ideologies of English in two Japanese discourses, "nihonjinron" and "kokusaika." It is concluded that instruction in English that is intended to promote social transformation should include both…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational Needs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries

Kamimura, Taeko; Oi, Kyoko – World Englishes, 1998
A study examined differences in argumentative strategies in Japanese and American English by analyzing English essays on capital punishment written by 22 American high school seniors and 30 Japanese college sophomores. Differences were found in the organizational patterns, content and use of rational appeals, preference for type of diction, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Silva, David J., Ed. – 1998
A collection of research in Japanese and Korean linguistics includes: "Repetition, Reformulation, and Definitions: Prosodic Indexes of Elaboration in Japanese" (Mieko Banno); "Projection of Talk Using Language, Intonation, Deictic and Iconic Gestures and Other Body Movements" (Keiko Emmett); "Turn-taking in Japanese…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Advertising, Bilingualism, Broadcast Television