Japanese beyond words
Subtitle: how to walk and talk like a native speaker
By: Andrew Horvat.
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Japanese language -- Social aspects; Japanese language -- Spoken Japanese; Intercultural communication -- Japan
Description: Andrew Horvat lively anecdotes and smart observations on over 70 often-overlooked areas of physical and situational communication in Japanese (gestures, bowing, humor, visiting, socializing, disagreeing). This material is rarely covered in classrooms, but is key to natural and effective communication. Japanese Beyond Words is the perfect classroom complement to standard texts, and can equally hold the interest of anyone interested language and culture.
Table of contents: title: To be is to appear to be (old French proverb); title: Opening doors; title: Interrupted flow of air; title: Knowing the rules of the game; title: How much? Such much?; title: Knowing what not to say: pronouns, circumlocution, and understatement; title: Textbooks for transvestites and other potholes on the road to fluency; title: Advanced topics.