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The fall of language in the age of English / Minae Mizumura ; Translated by Mari Yoshihara and Juliet Winters Carpenter.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]Description: 221 p. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780231163026
Uniform titles:
  • Nihongo ga horobiru toki. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 495.609/051 23
LOC classification:
  • PL523.5 .M5813 2015
Contents:
Under the blue sky of Iowa: those who write in their own language -- 2. From par avion to via air mail: the fall of French -- 3. People around the world writing in external languages - 4. The birth of Japanese as a national language -- 5. The miracle of modern Japanese literature -- 6. English and national languages in the internet age -- 7. The future of national languages.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks PL523.5 .M5813 2015 1 Available 33039001341576

First published in Japan in 2008 by Chikumashobo Ltd., Tokyo. entitled "Nihongo ga horobiru toki: Eigo no seiki no naka de."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Under the blue sky of Iowa: those who write in their own language -- 2. From par avion to via air mail: the fall of French -- 3. People around the world writing in external languages - 4. The birth of Japanese as a national language -- 5. The miracle of modern Japanese literature -- 6. English and national languages in the internet age -- 7. The future of national languages.

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