...Wendy Singer Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India . By Javed Majeed . New York : Routledge , 2019 . 266 pp. ISBN: 9780367183226 (cloth). Nation and Region in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India . By Javed Majeed . New York : Routledge , 2019...

...Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith Queer Japanese: Gender and Sexual Identities through Linguistic Practices . By Hideko Abe . New York : Palgrave Macmillan , 2010 . x, 199 pp. $85.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2013 2013 Queer Japanese is a treasure...

...James A. Matisoff Burmese and Jingpho: A Study of Tonal Linguistic Processes . By La Raw Maran . Urbana : Center for Asian Studies , The University of Illinois, 1971 . Occasional Papers of the Wolfenden Society on Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Vol. IV. ix, 210 pp. Bibliography, n.p.l...

... with questions of tradition and modernity in a rapidly modernizing society. Though superficially similar to Chinese state-sponsored modernity—itself centered on Chinese Putonghua—attention to these performances’ juxtaposition of characters, social issues, and linguistic practice reveals the promotion of certain...

...John R. Sisson Linguistic Affairs of India . By Ram Gopal . New York : Asia Publishing House , 1966 . vii , 270 pp. Index, n.p. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1967 1967 160 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Linguistic Affairs of India. B Y RAM GOPAL. New York: Asia...

...Theodore Stern Karen Linguistic Studies. Description, Comparison, and Texts . By Robert B. Jones, Jr. , University of California Publications in Linguistics, Vol. 25 . Berkeley : U. of California Press , 1961 . xi , 283 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

...Maurizio Marinelli Linguistic Engineering: Language and Politics in Mao's China . By Ji Fengyuan . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 2004 . viii , 350 pp. $50.00 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2004 2004 1104 T H E J O U R N A L O F A S I A N S T U D I E...

...Rashmi Sadana Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka . By Neil De Votta . Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press , 2004 . xx , 276 pp. $22.95 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2005 2005 494 T H E J O U R N...

...Matthew Fraleigh Language, Nation, Race: Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868–1912) . By Atsuko Ueda . Oakland : University of California Press , 2021 . x , 158 pp. ISBN: 9780520381711 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2022 2022 Focusing...

...John J. Dreher Abstract This is a brief descriptive and explanatory paper about the use of the computer in Asian linguistic studies. Schemes for the use of autocovariance and fast Fourier transforms are presented, with their application to the question of literary structure and author...

... of Japanese learn gendered variations in language patterns in their classes reinforces a widespread international perception of linguistic differences between the sexes in Japan. Needless to say, many believe that distinctive female speech is not only a symbol but also a mechanism to reinforce the social...

...Tung Tung-ho Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1955 1955 A Linguistic Study of the Shih Ming . (Harvard-Yenching Institute Studies XI). By Nicholas Cleaveland Bodman . Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press , 1954 . xi, 146 . Notes, index, bibliography...

...Benedict R. Anderson Language and Social Change in Java: Linguistic Reflexes of Modernization in a Traditional Royal Polity . By J. Joseph Errington . Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press , 1985 . (Center for International Studies, Monographs in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series...

...Denzel Carr Abstract Eleutheromania is defined by one lexicographer as “a frantic zeal for freedom.” This frantic zeal for casting off former linguistic shackles (or what seemed to be shackles) has led to some problems that are worth examining here. Before launching into an analysis of Indonesian...

...Benjamin A. Elman The Linguistic Shaping of Thought: A Study in the Impact of Language on Thinking in China and the West . By Alfred Bloom . Hillsdale, N.J. : Erlbaum Associates , 1981 . 106 pp. Appendix, Index. $16.95. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1983 1983 VOL...

...Grace Wiersma Courting Poetry in Laos: A Textual and Linguistic Analysis . By Carol J. Compton . DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (Special Report 18), 1979 . xi, 252 pp. Glossary, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $9 (paper). (Distributed...

...Franklin C. Southworth Defining a Linguistic Area: South Asia . By Colin P. Masica . Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1976 . xiii, 234 pp. Illustrations, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $16.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1979 1979 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH...

...O. L. Chavarria Aguilar Linguistic Diversity in South Asia: Studies in Regional, Social and Functional Variation . Edited by Charles A. Ferguson and John J. Gumperz . International Journal of American Linguistics , Part III, XXVI, Number 3. July 1960. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana...

... nor any other of Ch'ien's creative writings has been widely studied. This paper is an initial exploration directed at investigating the above claims from the linguistic and stylistic points of view. One focus is figurative language, of which there is a substantial amount in this novel: some 680 uses...

...Webb Keane Structure and Style in Javanese: A Semiotic View of Linguistic Etiquette . By J. Joseph Errington . Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press , 1988 . xvi, 290 pp. $29.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1990 1990 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTHEAST ASIA...