Expressing Silence: Where Language and Culture Meet in Japanese

by Natsuko Tsujimura

Book Overview

In Expressing Silence: Where Language and Culture Meet in Japanese, Natsuko Tsujimura discusses how silence is conceptualized and linguistically represented in Japanese. Languages differ widely in the specific linguistic and rhetorical modes through which vivid depictions of silence are achieved. In Japanese, sounds in nature evoke silence, and onomatopoeia plays an important role in simulating silent scenes. These linguistic mechanisms mediate the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498569269
• ISBN13: 9781498569262
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"