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Aspects of the Japanese Language

Aspects of the Japanese Language

S1 · E4 January 22, 2015

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Overview

Make sense of one of the world's most complex writing systems, and discover how spoken Japanese reflects a long-standing concern with order, hierarchy, and consensus. Why is social context so important when speaking Japanese? And what are the linguistic consequences of adopting Chinese characters in Japanese writing?

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