Essays about: "Japanska"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 228 essays containing the word Japanska.

  1. 11. Torima, Sutabaru? A Quantitative Study on Current Japanese Youth Language

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Luna Sörensson; [2023]
    Keywords : Japanese language; youth language; slang; wakamono kotoba; wakamonogo; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this thesis, several current and former trends of Japanese youth language are examined through the perspective of age-appropriate speakers, following previous scholarly arguments that youth language research is fraught with judgements made by non-members of the relevant age group. By the means of a quantitative online questionnaire, the study seeks to find examples of expressions that Japanese individuals from their late teens to their early twenties consider to be youth language, items they feel are particularly contemporary or obsolete, and the types of youth language expressions they make frequent use of themselves. READ MORE

  2. 12. Expressing deference and intimacy concurrently with honorifics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Patrik Lindqvist Rombe; [2023]
    Keywords : ssu; shinkeigo; honorifics; politeness; Japanese language; intimacy; deference; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 13. Power Dynamics in Business-Sociopolitical Network : Analysis of the South Korea-Japan Trade Dispute 2019–2023

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Frida Söderquist; Linnéa Söderquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Business-Sociopolitical Network; Context; Power Dynamics; Ties; Resource Dependency; Relationship Maintenance; Institutional Forces; Korea-Japan Trade Dispute; Business-sociopolitiskt nätverk; kontext; maktdynamik; förbindelser; resursberoende; upprätthållande av relation; institutionella tryck; Korea-Japan handelskonflikt;

    Abstract : This study examines power factors (resource dependence, attraction of relationship maintenance, and institutional forces) in relation to actors' behaviors and ties of varying strength between them within a network of business and sociopolitical spheres. The focus is on Samsung Electronics and Asahi Breweries in the context of the ROK-Japan trade dispute (2019-2023). READ MORE

  4. 14. Teaching Kanji at Swedish Universities. On Teaching Kanji, Learning Strategies, and How These Are Perceived by Teachers and Students of L2 Japanese in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Selena Seguel; [2022-06-03]
    Keywords : japanska; Japanese as a foreign language; JFL; learning strategies; mnemonic devices; rote learning; air writing; morphological analysis; Sweden; Kanji;

    Abstract : This thesis explores four different strategies of kanji instruction: mnemonic devices; rote learning; air writing; and morphological analysis. It also explores how these strategies are used in Swedish universities today, what the instructors think about them, as well as student perception of the techniques. READ MORE

  5. 15. The Prevalence of Omission - About the function and frequency of particle ellipsis in Japanese

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Robin Olsson; [2022-03-10]
    Keywords : japanska; zero particle; particle omission; particle ellipsis; Japanese; mujoshi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate current perceptions of what is commonly referred to as particle omission, and in order to compare these perceptions to those of native speakers of Japanese, an online survey consisting of example sentences to be graded by 49 participants between the ages of 18 and 29 was carried out. A short summary of relevant particles will be covered, followed by extensive summaries of two different perspectives on the concept of particle omission. READ MORE