Javanese: A Cultural Approach Volume 69

by Ward Keeler

Foreign language lessons often provide translations into a foreign language of phrases students would normally use in their native language and cultural setting. Particularly when studying a non-Western language, such direct translation is very misleading. Students must instead learn the conventions that guide human interactions, so they know both what to say and how to say it. In this text, therefore, the sociological context of Javanese is explained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896801217
• ISBN13: 9780896801219
• Release Date: July 1984
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 559 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.7" x 8.5"