The fall of language in the age of English / Minae Mizumura ; Translated by Mari Yoshihara and Juliet Winters Carpenter.
Language: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]Description: 221 p. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780231163026
- Nihongo ga horobiru toki. English
- 495.609/051 23
- PL523.5 .M5813 2015
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.