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"""Japanese Language in Use"" is the companion volume to ""Japanese Linguistics: An Introduction"". Using a wide range of examples drawn from everyday life and literary texts, ""Japanese Language in Use"" introduces pragmatics, discourse, and language and culture in the Japanese context. The book covers: Language in context; Japanese in conversation; Honorifics and politeness; Language and gender; and Young people's language. Key concepts of Japanese language in use are introduced in a succinct and accessible way, with texts and exercises to aid student understanding. This is the ideal first introduction to Japanese language in context for undergraduate or postgraduate students."

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...this volume is a deeply analytical, yet easily accessible overview of aspects of Japanese not covered in a grammatical description. It covers a wide expanse of interesting territory in surprising depth, bringing interesting insights while leaving room for thought and analysis by individual readers. This book is a valuable contribution to the field of pragmatic analysis in general as well as a new look at pragmatic and cultural aspects of Japanese, many of which have not been discussed elsewhere. --,

...this volume is a deeply analytical, yet easily accessible overview of aspects of Japanese not covered in a grammatical description. It covers a wide expanse of interesting territory in surprising depth, bringing interesting insights while leaving room for thought and analysis by individual readers. This book is a valuable contribution to the field of pragmatic analysis in general as well as a new look at pragmatic and cultural aspects of Japanese, many of which have not been discussed elsewhere. --LinguistList

...this volume is a deeply analytical, yet easily accessible overview of aspects of Japanese not covered in a grammatical description. It covers a wide expanse of interesting territory in surprising depth, bringing interesting insights while leaving room for thought and analysis by individual readers. This book is a valuable contribution to the field of pragmatic analysis in general as well as a new look at pragmatic and cultural aspects of Japanese, many of which have not been discussed elsewhere. --Sanford Lakoff This work is a highly accessible, accurate, and enjoyable introductory volume which should achieve considerable popularity among undergraduate and postgraduate students of Japanese language in use. --Sanford Lakoff

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Dr Toshiko Yamaguchi is visiting Lecturer at the National University of Singapore. She is the author of Japanese Linguistics: An Introduction, also published by Continuum.

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