{"product_id":"a-handbook-of-colloquial-japanese-paperback-9781108080477","title":"A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108080477","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Handbook of Colloquial Japanese\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1888 primer on the Japanese language by a British professor of Japanese at the Imperial University, Tokyo.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBasil Hall Chamberlain (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108080477, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 March 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e498 pages\u003cbr\u003e22 x 14 x 3.4 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTravelling in order to recover from a nervous breakdown, Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850–1935) arrived in Yokohama, Japan, in May 1873. He was immediately fascinated by traditional Japanese culture. At the same time, the national drive for modernisation in the wake of the Meiji Restoration had created a demand for teachers of English. Chamberlain was taken on as a tutor in the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, at the same time studying the Japanese language to such good effect that in 1886 he was made professor of Japanese and philology at the Imperial University (later Tokyo University). This 1888 Japanese primer is split into theoretical and practical parts: a Japanese grammar and a vocabulary of useful words and phrases. Chamberlain gives both literal and free translations of phrases and short texts for the learner. His encyclopaedia of Japan, Things Japanese (1890) is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Theoretical Part: 1. Introductory remarks\u003cbr\u003e 2. Pronunciation and latter-changes\u003cbr\u003e 3. The noun\u003cbr\u003e 4. The pronoun\u003cbr\u003e 5. The postposition\u003cbr\u003e 6. The numeral\u003cbr\u003e 7. The adjective\u003cbr\u003e 8. The verb\u003cbr\u003e 9. The verb (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 10. The adverb, interjection and conjunction\u003cbr\u003e 11. Honorifics\u003cbr\u003e 12. Syntax\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Practical Part: 1. Anglo-Japanese vocabulary\u003cbr\u003e 2. Short phrases in common use\u003cbr\u003e 3. Additional useful phrases\u003cbr\u003e 4. Easy questions and answers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Proverbs\u003cbr\u003e 6. Scraps of conversations\u003cbr\u003e 7. Anecdotes\u003cbr\u003e 8. Two chapters of a novel\u003cbr\u003e 9. A leading article\u003cbr\u003e 10. Japanese-English vocabulary\u003cbr\u003e Index of subjects treated\u003cbr\u003e Additions and corrections.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266208321816,"sku":"9781108080477","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108080477i_57105d05-b515-41d7-9fa7-f550969ed23e.jpg?v=1696751767","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-handbook-of-colloquial-japanese-paperback-9781108080477","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}