TY - BOOK AU - Nazikian,Fumiko AU - Ono,Keiko AU - Tatsumi,Naofumi TI - A practical guide for scholarly reading in Japanese T2 - Routledge practical academic reading skills SN - 9781003178842 U1 - 495.682/421 23/eng/20220920 PY - 2023/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Japanese language KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Reading comprehension KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Academic writing KW - Written Japanese KW - Grammar KW - Style KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General KW - bisacsh KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Japanese N2 - "A Practical Guide for Scholarly Reading in Japanese is an innovative reference guide for scholars specializing in Asian studies, with a special focus on Chinese studies. The book aims to prepare those scholars to conduct research with primary sources from a variety of genres in the 20th century. The book contains concise descriptions of grammar points essential for reading scholarly writings in Japanese and exercises based on excerpts taken from prominent Japanese scholarly texts. Each exercise reading provides a list of vocabulary and explanations of expressions. The reading materials provided mainly cover Chinese history, comparative literature, religion, and culture. The book can be used as a textbook or self-study guide for scholars of Asian studies, as well as students who have completed two years of basic language learning and need to learn to read scholarly Japanese"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003178842 ER -