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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.
176 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 3, 2022 |
| ISBN13 | 9781498569248 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Pages | 172 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 158 × 18 mm · 396 g |
| Language | English |