Essays about: "hiragana"
Found 3 essays containing the word hiragana.
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1. On the Use of Katakana in a Modern Japanese Essay
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The purpose of the present study is to carry out a pilot investigation on the use of katakana in a modern Japanese essay, and to compare how the usage of katakana differs between daily newspaper and a modern essay. Among the words written in katakana, special focus was given to the higairaigo, which are normally written in kanzi or hiragana. READ MORE
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2. The Transcription of Foreign Personal Names into Kanji
University essay from Lunds universitet/JapanskaAbstract : This study relates to the transcription of foreign personal names into kanji in Japanese. The study is based upon a paper where Tokimoto & d’Arcais (2000) confirmed three working principles when natives transcribe place names written in hiragana: that jukugo reading will be preferred over juubako reading, that as few kanji segmentations as possible will be used, and that the names will be segmented bimoraically from the beginning of the word. READ MORE
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3. Impactful beauty or serious disgust
University essay from Lunds universitet/JapanskaAbstract : The Japanese language utilizes primarily three writing systems; Kanji, hiragana and katakana. The latter two are known as kana. All three writing systems have their own unique role when writing in Japanese. Corresponding to their primary roles, there are various ‘sub roles’ as well. READ MORE
