Making sense of Japanese : what the textbooks don't tell you
Rubin, Jay, 1941-2012
Book
"Making sense of Japanese is the fruit of one foolhardy American's thirty-year struggle to learn and teach the Language of the Infinite. Previously known as Gone fishin', this book has brought Jay Rubin more feedback than any of his literary translations or scholarly tomes, "even if," he says, "you discount the hate mail from spin-casters and the stray gill-netter." To convey his conviction that "the Japanese language is not vague," Rubin has dared to explain how some of the most challenging Japanese grammatical forms work .." --Publisher description.
Main title:
Author:
Rubin, Jay, 1941-, author
Work:
Edition:
1st US ed.
Imprint:
New York, N.Y. : Kodansha USA, 2012.©2012
Collation:
135 pages ; 19 cm
Notes:
"Previously published in the Power Japanese series under the titles Gone fishin' (1992) and Making sense of Japanese (1998)"--T.p. verso.Includes bibliographical references.In English and Japanese.
ISBN:
9781568364926 (paperback)156836492X (paperback)
Dewey class:
495.682421
LC class:
PL534
Language:
EnglishJapanese
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Subject:
BRN:
791526
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | Language Learning | LEARN JPN RUBI | On loan - Due: 04 Jul 2026 |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | Language Learning | LEARN JPN RUBI | Available |