Symbolic Values of Foreign Language Use : : From the Japanese Case to a General Sociolinguistic Perspective / / Harald Haarmann.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics - <1990
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©1989
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Reprint 2011
Language:English
Series:Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] , 51
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Physical Description:1 online resource (290 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • I-VI
  • Preface
  • 1. Prestige functions of foreign languages in Japanese society – A glance at ethnicity problems
  • 2. Verbal strategies and multilingual patterns of language use in the Far Eastern context
  • 3. Foreign elements in Japanese TV commercials – A quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • 4. Attitudes toward foreign language use among Japanese TV viewers – An inquiry into the fashion of liking English
  • 5. The impact of English on lexical modernization in sensitive domains of acculturation
  • 6. Semiotic implications of foreign language use as a source of linguistic variation
  • 7. Symbolic internationalization and intercultural relations – A world-wide trend in a comparative view
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Index of Names
  • 293-294