Expressing Silence: Where Language and Culture Meet in Japanese

Expressing Silence: Where Language and Culture Meet in Japanese
ISBN-10
1498569250
ISBN-13
9781498569255
Category
Foreign Language Study
Pages
173
Language
English
Published
2022-03-03
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Author
Natsuko Tsujimura

Description

This book demonstrates how silence is conceptualized and represented in Japanese language and culture. A cluster of sounds in nature and onomatopoeic vocabulary enable verbal portrayals of silence consistent with a cultural pattern of practices that value sensate and affective reactions.

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