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Title Understanding Japan: A Cultural History. Episode 4, Aspects of the Japanese Language.

Publication Info. The Great Courses, 2015.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022.

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Note Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Performer Mark J. Ravina
Event Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2015.
Summary Make sense of one of the world's most complex writing systems, and discover how spoken Japanese reflects a long-standing concern with order, hierarchy, and consensus. Why is social context so important when speaking Japanese? And what are the linguistic consequences of adopting Chinese characters in Japanese writing?
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language In English
Subject Asians.
History, Modern.
Genre/Form Education films.
Added Author Great Courses, The, film director.
J. Ravina, Mark, actor.
The Great Courses (Firm), Distributor.
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
Music No. 12242707 Kanopy
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