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Expressing Silence: Where Language and Culture Meet in Japanese Natsuko Tsujimura
Expressing Silence: Where Language and Culture Meet in Japanese
Natsuko Tsujimura
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.
172 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 15, 2023 |
| ISBN13 | 9781498569262 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 172 |
| Dimensions | 154 × 229 × 11 mm · 281 g |
| Language | English |