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Book Title
The Making of Monolingual Japan
Publication Name
Making of Monolingual Japan : Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity
Title
The Making of Monolingual Japan
Subtitle
Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity
Author
Patrick Heinrich
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
1847696562
EAN
9781847696564
ISBN
9781847696564
Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Genre
Society & Culture
Topic
Children's Learning & Education
Release Date
10/02/2012
Release Year
2012
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Height
0.5in
Item Length
8.2in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Series
Multilingual Matters Ser.
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
216 Pages

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Japan is widely regarded as a model case of successful language modernization, and it is often erroneously believed to be linguistically homogenous. There is a connection between these two views. As the first ever non-Western language to be modernized, Japanese language modernizers needed to convince the West that Japanese was just as good a language as the national languages of the West. The result was a fervent desire for linguistic uniformity. Today the legacy of modernist language ideology poses many problems to an internationalizing Japan. All indigenous minority languages are heading towards extinction, and this purposefully created homogeneity also affects the integration of immigrants and their languages. This book examines these issues from the perspective of language ideology, and in doing so the mechanisms by which language ideology undermines linguistic diversity are revealed.

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Publisher
Multilingual Matters
ISBN-10
1847696562
ISBN-13
9781847696564
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112005927

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Author
Patrick Heinrich
Publication Name
Making of Monolingual Japan : Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Multilingual Matters Ser.
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
216 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz

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Series Volume Number
146
Lc Classification Number
Pl525.6
Reviews
The study of ideologies of language diversity is key to any understanding of modern language ecologies. Patrick Heinrich's monograph investigates the modernization of Japanese, tracks the rise of Japanese linguism and reveals the myth of Japan as a monolingual nation. He takes an active stance towards the subjugation of the Ryukyuan languages as mere dialects of Japanese as well as the repression of the language of the autochthonous Ainu. This publication presents a thorough analysis of the current language situation of Japan and provides an important reading on the impact of language ideologies on language ecologies., In conclusion, this book is more than a welcome addition to recent monographs in English on language policy and language ideologies in Japan. Overall, Heinrich's study convincingly narrates the formation of modern Japanese language ideology, drawing on a wide range of literature in Japanese, English and German. His sources include those that pay primary attention to historical developments within Japan and others anchored in language policy and ideology more broadly that serve to raise general theoretical concerns., This book stands as a tribute to Heinrich's lengthy research on this topic drawing on a large number and broad range of native sources. Heinrich's first-hand observations on the current state of language policy in Japan, its effects on language revitalization movements and suggestions in regards to future discussion of and research related to language policy are invaluable resources for researchers who lack the time or resources to pursue this type of in-depth study on their own. He has obviously considered multiple viewpoints and come to logical and well-constructed conclusions in developing his own approach to this complex issue. Heinrich's work smoothly carries the reader along a winding chronological storyline. Topics likely unfamiliar to non-linguists and those less well-versed in ideological study are skillfully presented with little ambiguity.
Table of Content
1. Language Ideology as a Field of Inquiry 2. The Call of Mori Arinori to Replace Japanese 3. The Creation of a Modern Voice 4. The Unification of Japanese 5. The Linguistic Assimilation of Ryukyuans and Ainu 6. The Most Beautiful Language in the World 7. Language Ideology as Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 8. Current Challenges to Modernist Language Ideology 9. Language Ideology in Twenty-First Century Japan
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Educational Policy & Reform / General, Study & Teaching, General, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Linguistics / General
Lccn
2011-048971
Dewey Decimal
306.44952
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Education, Language Arts & Disciplines

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