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Japanese Beyond Words: The Gaijin's Guide to Verbal Skills and Cultural Clues
Author(s): Andrew Horvat (Author)
- Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
- Publication Date: 1 Feb. 2013
- Edition: Revised ed.
- Language: Japanese
- Print length: 200 pages
- ISBN-10: 193333097X
- ISBN-13: 9781933330976
Book Description
With additional chapters and updates, and now with an index, this opinionated and entertaining (yet informative) new edition anecdotally outlines Japanese nonverbal cues in approachable language. Taking the language student into the real world of persuasive communication, it teaches the ins and outs of polite/rude speech, bowing, how to disagree, intonation, apologies, slang, preconceptions of foreigners, and much more.
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About the Author
Andrew Horvat is the director of Stanford Universitys overseas studies program in Kyoto. Previously, Horvat was Japan-based correspondent for The Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times and public radios business news program, “Marketplace.” Horvat has had a life-long interest in language acquisition. He received a citation for excellence in business broadcasting from the Overseas Press Club of America for his documentary ?Japanese Language: Bridge or Barrier. As an Abe Fellow, Horvat has researched and written about the increasing use of the Japanese language by non-native speakers.
