Essays about: "Hasegawa"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Hasegawa.
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1. Expressing deference and intimacy concurrently with honorifics
University essay from Lunds universitet/JapanskaAbstract : This study is about ssu, a potential norm breaking honorific which reportedly can express intimacy and deference concurrently. While expressing intimacy and deference concurrently is incompatible with Brown and Levinson’s (1978 as cited in Hasegawa, 2015) politeness theory, Hasegawa (2015) provides a modification of their theory that allows for it. READ MORE
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2. A WORLD OF RICE AND GODS: WHERE WHITE GRAINS SYMBOLIZE WEALTH. A study of Japanese game localization and crosscultural translation
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Studies of Japanese translation are a common topic, and with good reason. There is extensive material to work with, and the vast differences between Japanese and many other languages creates translation challenges of considerable complexity as such. READ MORE
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3. Elusive Depictions of Time : An analysis of Japanese temporal connectors expressing 'before'
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistikAbstract : This study explores the two Japanese temporal connectors mae ni and nai uchi ni that express the notion of ‘before.’ These have been claimed to differ in factuality and certainty (Kuno, 1973) and on pragmatic grounds in the form of speaker attitude (Hasegawa, 2015). READ MORE
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4. Characterisation in two translations of "I am a cat"
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The aim of this paper is to examine if the characterization in different translations of Natsume Sôseki’s I Am a Cat correspond to the trends in translation studies at the time of publication. Yoko Hasegawa (2012) provides an overview of the history of the discipline of Translation Studies. READ MORE
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5. specific and generic domestic space : a design approach to enhance the ritual in daily activities
University essay from Konstfack/Inredningsarkitektur & MöbeldesignAbstract : Scale of time William Empson writes that the length of a human life and the conscious moment are the two main scales by which the human mind measures time. With one too large to sense and the other too difficult to identify, my project instead uses the length of individual daily activities as units - eating breakfast is a time unit, cooking a lunch is another time unit – to help make time perceptible, to be aware of the present, and to experience the ritual in daily life. READ MORE