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Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2022 [©2022]

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LOC-SH: Sociolinguistics-Japan ; Languages in contact-Japan ; Japan-Languages

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the rich linguistic diversity in Japan. Each chapter explores the history and current status of a specific language community, including indigenous languages such as Ryukyan, community languages such as Chinese and Portuguese, and languages of modernization and culture, such as English and French.

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cover -- titlepage -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- The contributors -- Introduction -- John C. Maher -- Part I NATIONAL LANGUAGES -- 1 Japanese in the world -- Kazuko Matsumoto -- 1.1 Japanese diaspora communities -- 1.2 Japanese colonial diaspora communities -- 1.3 Contemporary Japanese diaspora communities -- 1.4 Learners of Japanese as a foreign language abroad -- 2 Japanese in Japan -- Junko Hibiya -- 2.1 Japanese and world languages -- 2.2 The Japanese language family -- 2.3 Regional differences in Japanese and standard Japanese -- 2.4 Recent changes in spoken Japanese -- 2.5 Hachijoan -- 2.6 Gender differences in Japanese -- 2.7 Writing systems -- 3 Language communities of the Northern Ryukyus -- Patrick Heinrich -- 3.1 The Ryukyu Islands and their languages -- 3.2 The Northern Ryukyuan languages -- 3.3 Northern Ryukyuan languages and Japanese -- 3.4 The sociolinguistic situation of Northern Ryukyuan languages -- 3.5 Language, culture, and community -- 3.6 Language education -- 3.7 The future of the north Ryukyuan languages -- 4 Language communities of the Southern Ryukyus -- Sachiyo Fujita-Round -- 4.1 The Southern Ryukyu languages -- 4.2 The sociolinguistic situation of Southern Ryukyuan languages -- 4.3 Language and culture -- 4.4 Language education -- 5 Japanese Sign Language -- Norie Oka -- 5.1 Japanese Sign Language -- 5.2 The sociolinguistic situation of JSL in Asia -- 5.3 The JSL community in Japan -- 5.4 Language and culture -- 5.5 Language education -- 6 Ainu -- Hidetoshi Shiraishi -- 6.1 The Ainu world -- 6.2 The Ainu language -- 6.3 The sociolinguistic situation of Ainu -- 6.4 History, migration, and the political struggle -- 6.5 Language, culture, and community -- 6.6 Language education -- Part II COMMUNITY LANGUAGES -- 7 Korean -- Hye-Gyeong Ohe -- 7.1 The Korean language.