Japanese for All Occasions: Mastering Speech Styles from Casual to Honorific [With CD (Audio)]

by Taeko Kamiya

In Japanese, register--the way you change your words depending on who you are speaking to--plays a key role. The rules of register in Japanese are far more complicated than they are in English, but until now there hasn't been a book that lays it all out in an accessible format. Japanese for All Occasions is a much-needed introduction to this bewildering aspect of the language, aimed at intermediate students and above.

Through 57 dialogues,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4770031513
• ISBN13: 9784770031518
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Kodansha International
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 5.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.3"