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Far Eastern Quarterly (1954) 14 (1): 135–136.
Published: 01 November 1954
...Donn V. Hart Hanunóo-English Vocabulary . By Harold C. Conklin . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Publication in Linguistics , Vol. 9, 1953 , 290 . Bibliography, map. $3.75. The Mindoro Yearbook: 1901–1951 . By Macario Z. Landicho (ed.). Year Book Publishers...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1957) 16 (2): 317–319.
Published: 01 February 1957
...Henry Henne Thai Reader . By Mary R. Haas . Washington, D. C. : American Council of Learned Societies , 1954 . Publications Series A, Texts No. 1. ccxxiii. $4.00 (paper). Thai Vocabulary . By Mary R. Haas . Washington, D. C. : American Council of Learned Societies , 1955...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1973) 33 (1): 167.
Published: 01 November 1973
... of which parative Philippine and Malayo-Polynesian Father Vanoverbergh further divides into four studies. Let's hope that it will inspire equally branches, mainly on the basis of variation in good dictionaries for the other main languages phonetics. The Vocabulary makes considerable of the Philippines...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1978) 37 (2): 343–344.
Published: 01 February 1978
...Tsu-Lin Mei Fifty-Five T'ang Poems: A Text in the Reading and Understanding of T'ang Poetry . By Hugh M. Stimson . New Haven : Yale University , (Far Eastern Publications). 1976 . x, 239 pp. $7.50 T'ang Poetic Vocabulary . By Hugh M. Stimson . New Haven : Yale University...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2012) 71 (2): 501–503.
Published: 01 May 2012
...Marion Hourdequin Confucian Role Ethics: A Vocabulary . By Roger T. Ames . Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press , 2011 . xvii, 332 pp. $31.00 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2012 2012 Roger Ames's newest book, Confucian Role Ethics: A Vocabulary...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1966) 25 (3): 535–536.
Published: 01 May 1966
...Denzel Carr Modern Japanese: A Basic Reader. Volume I: Vocabularies and Notes. Volume II: Japanese Texts . By Howard Hibbett and Gen Itasaka . Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press , 1965 . v, 248 ; iv, 129; + viii, 306. n.p. Copyright © The Association for Asian...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1957) 16 (2): 251–259.
Published: 01 February 1957
... of Hindi vocabulary (or, as is usually stated, the development of the Hindi language), so as to make it possible to use it for dealing with topics related to modern science and technology. The Central Government and several of the state governments have devoted much effort towards the solution...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1984) 43 (2): 219–245.
Published: 01 February 1984
...Patricia Ebrey Abstract The values and premises underlying the Chinese family system can be seen as an amalgam of several partially contradictory strains of thought, each with its own history and vocabulary. While ideas tied to the classical tsung model remained at the level of high ideals, seldom...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1989) 48 (1): 3–26.
Published: 01 February 1989
...Melinda Takeuchi Abstract Few cultures had as rich a vocabulary for pictures of specific places as did eighteenth-century Japan. Why then did yet another word, shinkeizu (literally “true-view pictures”), come into being in the late eighteenth century? The answer is that none of the existing terms...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1979) 38 (3): 477–497.
Published: 01 May 1979
... changes. The paper argues that caste ideology and astrology have a common vocabulary and logic, one which is genealogical and combinatory, and suggests in turn several conclusions about the relationship of individuals and society in South Asian cultures. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2016) 75 (3): 703–724.
Published: 01 August 2016
..., revealing that sex between men was neither rare nor secret to most denizens of the city. Much older practices and vocabularies surrounding male-male sex endured, even flourished, for far longer than the media or elite discourse might lead one to expect. Testimonies in these archives also make clear how...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2016) 75 (4): 957–972.
Published: 01 November 2016
...Timothy Brook Abstract “Great State” has gone missing from the vocabulary of state formations in Asia. Though widely used across Inner and East Asia over the past millennium, the term means nothing to most scholars today. It is not flagged, rarely noted, and never theorized. Recent thinking about...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1974) 34 (1): 99–108.
Published: 01 November 1974
... tanka which becomes synonymous, in these periods, with waka , or Japanese poetry. Its vocabulary is circumscribed, generally limited to that employed in the KokinshŨ of 905, first of the twenty-one imperially sponsored anthologies of verse. There are some subsequent additions, primarily from the lexicon...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (3): 714–748.
Published: 01 August 1998
... control keyed to economic conditions, and favorable living standards are contrasted with China's rapid growth, periodic mortality crises, and precarious balance of population and resources. Although there is some variation in approaches and vocabularies reflecting disciplinary divisions, and recognition...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1973) 32 (3): 563–564.
Published: 01 May 1973
...: Yale University Press, 1972. viii, 502 pp. Cambodian-English Glossary. $20.00. Dr. Huffman's third book in the Yale Linguistic Series comes to the teacher or student of Cambodian as a three-fold boon: it provides a good quantity of reading matter; it has a built-in vocabulary; and it is easily obtained...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1984) 43 (3): 537–538.
Published: 01 May 1984
... materials. Each lesson consists of these sections: Dialogues, Vocabulary and Notes, Substitutions, MiniDialogues (usually no more than four brief exchanges), and Cultural Notes. The sentences in the sections on Dialogues, Substitutions, and Mini-Dialogues are easy to grasp and have high applicability. New...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1973) 32 (3): 562–563.
Published: 01 May 1973
.... Cambodian-English Glossary. $20.00. Dr. Huffman's third book in the Yale Linguistic Series comes to the teacher or student of Cambodian as a three-fold boon: it provides a good quantity of reading matter; it has a built-in vocabulary; and it is easily obtained. Present difficulties in trading with any part...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (1): 227–228.
Published: 01 February 2011
... and Tibetan and other Asian languages. The main dictionary is 332 pages long, and, in addition to all the words contained in the Erdeni-yin Sang , it also includes other early Middle Mongol, Uighur script vocabulary, gathered from inscriptions and other sources, going down to the time of Sonom Gara. Also...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1981) 41 (1): 104–105.
Published: 01 November 1981
....; 115 pp. Vocabulary, Index. N.p. 104 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES policies. He also reconstructs the government's successful campaign to discredit Hurley. The prompt appointment of General Marshall to mediate in China, coupled with Senator Connally's aggressive defense of the administration, as Kenneth...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1984) 43 (3): 536–537.
Published: 01 May 1984
..., the student has received the grammatical "facts" in the first year of study, and even if one doesn't remember all of them, one can refer back to the first-year materials. Each lesson consists of these sections: Dialogues, Vocabulary and Notes, Substitutions, MiniDialogues (usually no more than four brief...