Author: Boye De Mente
Publisher: National Textbook Company
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Business Code Words
Author: Boye De Mente
Publisher: National Textbook Company
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher: National Textbook Company
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Cultural Code Words
Author: Boye De Mente
Publisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
For centuries the Japanese used their language as a barrier to prevent non-Japanese from learning about the inner workings of Japnese society and to ward off foreign influence. In fact, for a long period in Japan's history the teeaching of Japanese to foreigners was a serious crime against the state. In this enlightening work, renowned Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente discusses how the psychology of the social and political system that evolved over the centuries became imbued in and expressed by the language to a degree seldom seen in other cultures. The author brings more than 25 years of experience in Japan to the task of revealing the hidden cultural significance of current expressions in the Japanese language. With ample reference to history, psychology, philosophy, and religion, the reader learns how the Japanese view certain behaviours and attitudes and why they are conditioned to respond in certain ways to specific situations. Features: 230 quintessentially Japanese expressions that every Japanese knows - and believes that non-Japanese cannot possibly understand a 14-entry set of introductory readings, designed to offer a broad cultural overview of Japan cross-referencing of entires by thematic groupings, such as "Loyalty," "Collective Behaviour," and "Leadership" This innovative text provides readers with the insights necessary for effective communication with their Japanese counterparts. Whatever your involvement with Japan - personal, travel, or business - NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Cultural Code Words is an invaluable and one-of-a-kind reference.
Publisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
For centuries the Japanese used their language as a barrier to prevent non-Japanese from learning about the inner workings of Japnese society and to ward off foreign influence. In fact, for a long period in Japan's history the teeaching of Japanese to foreigners was a serious crime against the state. In this enlightening work, renowned Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente discusses how the psychology of the social and political system that evolved over the centuries became imbued in and expressed by the language to a degree seldom seen in other cultures. The author brings more than 25 years of experience in Japan to the task of revealing the hidden cultural significance of current expressions in the Japanese language. With ample reference to history, psychology, philosophy, and religion, the reader learns how the Japanese view certain behaviours and attitudes and why they are conditioned to respond in certain ways to specific situations. Features: 230 quintessentially Japanese expressions that every Japanese knows - and believes that non-Japanese cannot possibly understand a 14-entry set of introductory readings, designed to offer a broad cultural overview of Japan cross-referencing of entires by thematic groupings, such as "Loyalty," "Collective Behaviour," and "Leadership" This innovative text provides readers with the insights necessary for effective communication with their Japanese counterparts. Whatever your involvement with Japan - personal, travel, or business - NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Cultural Code Words is an invaluable and one-of-a-kind reference.
Multi-disciplinary Lexicography
Author: Olga M. Karpova
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144386563X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The present book is based on presentations made during the IXth International School on Lexicography, “Multi-disciplinary Lexicography: Traditions and Challenges of the XXIst Century”, at Ivanovo State University, September 8–10, 2011, and continues a series of collective monographs devoted to the theoretical and practical problems of lexicography, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in 2007, 2009 and 2010. The scope of topics discussed in four parts (Dictionary as a Cross-road of Language and Culture, Dictionary Use and Dictionary Criticism, Terminology and LSP Studies, and Projects of New Dictionaries) is rather wide and focuses on burning problems of European, Russian and world lexicography, as well as on projects of new dictionaries. This book will be of interest to theoreticians, practitioners, and students of linguistic faculties.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 144386563X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The present book is based on presentations made during the IXth International School on Lexicography, “Multi-disciplinary Lexicography: Traditions and Challenges of the XXIst Century”, at Ivanovo State University, September 8–10, 2011, and continues a series of collective monographs devoted to the theoretical and practical problems of lexicography, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in 2007, 2009 and 2010. The scope of topics discussed in four parts (Dictionary as a Cross-road of Language and Culture, Dictionary Use and Dictionary Criticism, Terminology and LSP Studies, and Projects of New Dictionaries) is rather wide and focuses on burning problems of European, Russian and world lexicography, as well as on projects of new dictionaries. This book will be of interest to theoreticians, practitioners, and students of linguistic faculties.
NTC's Dictionary of Korea's Business and Cultural Code Words
Author: Boye De Mente
Publisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Businesspeople, students, vacationers, and others who want to know more about the Koreans will find this an invaluable resource.
Publisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Businesspeople, students, vacationers, and others who want to know more about the Koreans will find this an invaluable resource.
Speak Japanese Today -- a Little Language Goes a Long Way!
Author: Boye De Mente
Publisher: Cultural-Insight Books
ISBN: 0914778463
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Japanese for the World! Compiled by Japanologist/author Boy Lafayette De Mente, Speak Japanese Today is designed for anyone who comes into contact with Japanese and wants to communicate with them in their own language. The first portion of the book provides an introduction to the pronunciation of Japanese and an easy overview of the structure of the language. It also includes basic greetings, farewells, telling time, everyday expressions about the weather, giving directions, telling distances, counting, money, telephoning and much more. Speak Japanese Today is unique in that it also provides vocabulary and sentences for airline pilots, stewardesses, Immigration officials, Customs officials, hotel staff, restaurant staff, bartenders, shop clerks, taxi drivers, tour guides, doctors, people hosting Japanese students, and more. With a little practice, a person can communicate as many as 500 key concepts using only a 100-word vocabulary. Speak Japanese Today contains more than 700 key words which is close to the total number of words most people use in their own language in the course of a day. All of the words and expressions in the book are given in Romanized Japanese along with an easy-to-master pronunciation phonetic system that uses standard English. Just pronounce the phonetics as if they were English, and the sounds come out in Japanese!
Publisher: Cultural-Insight Books
ISBN: 0914778463
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Japanese for the World! Compiled by Japanologist/author Boy Lafayette De Mente, Speak Japanese Today is designed for anyone who comes into contact with Japanese and wants to communicate with them in their own language. The first portion of the book provides an introduction to the pronunciation of Japanese and an easy overview of the structure of the language. It also includes basic greetings, farewells, telling time, everyday expressions about the weather, giving directions, telling distances, counting, money, telephoning and much more. Speak Japanese Today is unique in that it also provides vocabulary and sentences for airline pilots, stewardesses, Immigration officials, Customs officials, hotel staff, restaurant staff, bartenders, shop clerks, taxi drivers, tour guides, doctors, people hosting Japanese students, and more. With a little practice, a person can communicate as many as 500 key concepts using only a 100-word vocabulary. Speak Japanese Today contains more than 700 key words which is close to the total number of words most people use in their own language in the course of a day. All of the words and expressions in the book are given in Romanized Japanese along with an easy-to-master pronunciation phonetic system that uses standard English. Just pronounce the phonetics as if they were English, and the sounds come out in Japanese!
Japan Made Easy
Author: Boye De Mente
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780844285283
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This book contains essential information, practical advice, and hundreds of dos and don'ts that will help you get the most out of ayour business or vacation trip to Japan. [Back cover].
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780844285283
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This book contains essential information, practical advice, and hundreds of dos and don'ts that will help you get the most out of ayour business or vacation trip to Japan. [Back cover].
Handbook for Asian Studies Specialists
Author: Noriko Asato
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598848437
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
An indispensable tool for librarians who do reference or collection management, this work is a pioneering offering of expertly selected print and electronic reference tools for East Asian Studies (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean). Handbook for Asian Studies Specialists: A Guide to Research Materials and Collection Building Tools is the first work to cover reference works for the main Asian area languages of China, Japan, and Korea. Several leading Asian Studies librarians have contributed their many decades of experience to create a resource that gathers major reference titles—both print and online—that would be useful to today's Asian Studies librarian. Organized by language group, it offers useful information on the many subscription-based and open-source electronic tools relevant to Asian Studies. This book will serve as an essential resource for reference collections at academic libraries. Previously published bibliographies on materials deal with China or Japan or Korea, but none have coalesced information on all three countries into one work, or are written in English. And unlike the other resources available, this work provides the insight needed for librarians to make informed collection management decisions and reference selections.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598848437
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
An indispensable tool for librarians who do reference or collection management, this work is a pioneering offering of expertly selected print and electronic reference tools for East Asian Studies (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean). Handbook for Asian Studies Specialists: A Guide to Research Materials and Collection Building Tools is the first work to cover reference works for the main Asian area languages of China, Japan, and Korea. Several leading Asian Studies librarians have contributed their many decades of experience to create a resource that gathers major reference titles—both print and online—that would be useful to today's Asian Studies librarian. Organized by language group, it offers useful information on the many subscription-based and open-source electronic tools relevant to Asian Studies. This book will serve as an essential resource for reference collections at academic libraries. Previously published bibliographies on materials deal with China or Japan or Korea, but none have coalesced information on all three countries into one work, or are written in English. And unlike the other resources available, this work provides the insight needed for librarians to make informed collection management decisions and reference selections.
Business Horizons
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
CultureShock! Tokyo
Author: Yuko Morimoto-Yoshida
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9814435910
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"A survival guide to customs and etiquette."
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9814435910
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"A survival guide to customs and etiquette."
The Chinese Have a Word for It
Author: Boye De Mente
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780658010781
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The complete guide to Chinese thought and culture.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780658010781
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The complete guide to Chinese thought and culture.