Japanese Language, Standard Language, National Language: Rethinking Language and Nation

The paper examines the relationship between language and nation through the historical process by which the modern Japanese language came to exist and proposes a tentative answer as to what this says about the nature of phenomena such as language and nation themselves. The paper suggests that if lan...

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Main Author: Luka CULIBERG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2013-11-01
Series:Asian Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/408