The Japanese Language in the Eyes of Postwar Japan—A Review Article
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11558798 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John J Chew (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 475-480 |
| Publication date | 1984-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2055759 |
| OpenAlex | W2200123144 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Japan's Modern Myth is a scathing attack on those Japanese academics who shape current attitudes toward the Japanese language. They are portrayed as ignorant of linguistic science and as incapable of producing a sound comparison of Japanese with other languages. The book also attacks the Japanese media and the Japanese government for propagating the unscientific, racist theories of these academics. The belief that Japanese is too difficult for foreigners to master and its obverse, that Japanese must pay a heavy psychological price to master a foreign language, are only the most serious of the various notions attacked in Japan's Modern Myth
Foreign language · Government (linguistics · Japanese language · Linguistics · Mythology · Political science · Sociology · Classics · Gender Studies in Language · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |