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Language and citizenship in Japan

Language and citizenship in Japan [electronic resource] / edited by Nanette Gottlieb. - New York : Routledge, 2012. - xii, 227 p. : ill. - Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 4 . - Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 4. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Language, citizenship, and identity in Japan / Nanette Gottlieb -- 2. After homogeneity : maintaining unity in a linguistically diversifying Japan / Patrick Heinrich -- 3. It's better if they speak broken Japanese? : language as a pathway or an obstacle to citizenship in Japan? / Chris Burgess -- 4. Languages and citizenship in education : migrant languages in government schools / Kaori H. Okano -- 5. Children crossing borders and their citizenship in Japan / Ikuo Kawakami -- 6. Remedial language education and citizenship : examining the JSL classroom as an ethnic project / Robert Moorehead -- 7. Gender capital and the educated citizen : Japanese mothers speaking of language acquisition and education for foreign children / Genaro Castro-Vezquez -- 8. Cultural citizenship and the hierarchy of foreign languages : Japanese Brazilians' views on the status of English and Portuguese in Japan / Ernani Oda -- 9. Language rights of non-Japanese defendants in Japanese criminal courts / Ikuko Nakane -- 10. English is my home : citizenship, language, and identity in the Ogasawara Islands / David Chapman and Daniel Long -- 11. Multilingual or easy Japanese? Promoting citizenship via local government websites / Tessa Carroll.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203144442 (e-book : PDF)


Language and languages--Study and teaching--Japan.
Second language acquisition--Japan.
Linguistics--Study and teaching--Japan.
Language and culture--Japan.
Citizenship--Japan.


Japan--Languages.


Electronic books.