Book review and critical dialogue about The Making of Monolingual Japan: Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity (Heinrich, 2012)
Journal article
Head, E. and Tsurii, C. 2021. Book review and critical dialogue about The Making of Monolingual Japan: Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity (Heinrich, 2012). The Learner Development Journal. 5, pp. 125-135.
Authors | Head, E. and Tsurii, C. |
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Abstract | Head and Tsurii take Heinrich’s book, The Making of Monolingual Japan, as a starting point for a critical dialogue in which they make connections between language ideology, native speakerism, and learner autonomy. Heinrich focuses on the historical development of the modern Japanese language after the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century. He highlights the link between modernist language ideology of “one nation, one language,” which originated in 18th-century Germany, and the Meiji era drive to create a unified Japanese language. Although not explicitly referring to an alternative multilingual ideology, Heinrich suggests that inequalities in modern Japan |
Keywords | Japanese language; Languages; Japan; Monolingual ideology; Native speakers |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | The Learner Development Journal |
Journal citation | 5, pp. 125-135 |
Publisher | The Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT) Learner Development Special Interest Group |
ISSN | 2433-5401 |
Official URL | https://ldjournalsite.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/ldj-1-5-09-12.27-web-01.06-updated.pdf |
Related URL | https://ld-sig.org/ |
https://ldjournalsite.wordpress.com/issue-5-december-2021-engaging-with-the-multilingual-turn-for-learner-development-practices-issues-discourses-and-theorisations/ | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 10 Jan 2022 |
Publisher's version | License |
Output status | Published |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/8zyyz/book-review-and-critical-dialogue-about-the-making-of-monolingual-japan-language-ideology-and-japanese-modernity-heinrich-2012
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