Common Japanese Collocations
A Learner's Guide to Frequent Word Pairings
$36.26
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2017
Summary
Collocations are word combinations that occur in natural speech more frequently than can be explained by chance. In English, we say, “take a bath” (or “have a bath” in British English), but in Japanese the equivalent is “get in a bath,” o-furo ni hairu. The verb hairu is the one that collocates with o-furo.
It has long been recognized that the study of collocations can lead to more natural language production, and yet until now there has been no book on the subject for learners of Jap…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781568365572 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1568365578 |
| Author: | Kakuko Shoji |
| Publisher: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Imprint: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 188mm x 134mm |
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About The Author
Kakuko Shoji
KAKUKO SHOJI has been an instructor of Japanese at the University of Hawaii since 1968, and is the author of Basic Connections and Japanese Core Words and Phrases (both published by Kodansha International). Shoji was also the supervising editor of Kodansha’s Effective Japanese Usage Guide.
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