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Nanette Gottlieb, Language and society in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2007

John C. Maher
John C. Maher
Affiliation:
Linguistics, International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-0015, maher@icu.ac.jp
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Abstract

Nanette Gottlieb, Language and society in Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. ix, 169. Hb $70, Pb $27.99.

If Japanese sociolinguistics can be likened in range and complexity to a forest, this book by the sociolinguist and Japan specialist Nanette Gottlieb would best be described as a Kyoto rock garden. It is cool and calm. It lies within a circumscribed landscape and gives pause for thought.

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BOOK REVIEWS
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Language in Society , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 121 - 124
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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