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Insightful exploration of the social context of language

Although I am very much an casual student of Japanese, I was attracted by the contents of this publication as I flicked through it at the bookshop. It is a translation of an old (1973) work by Takao Suzuki, a Japanese linguistics academic. Surprisingly the book is written in a quite light style, with some humor even if a little dated. On the surface I found the book quite exciting because it helps explain how words which appear to have similar meanings from a dictionary viewpoint, can have very different social meanings and cultural usage. Examples are the verbs "cut" and "wear", which appear relatively simple to English speakers, yet have a range of different verbs and very different contexts in their Japanese usage. The section on the cultural context of the words "lips", "nose" and "chin", for example, start to bring a feeling for the complexity of meaning, and perhaps the inadequacy of many dictionary definitions which up to now I had taken at face value. Moving through to the last chapter "Words for Self and Others" I found myself totally captivated by Suzukis clear exposition of the misclassification of these parts of Japanese speech according to a misunderstanding of their relationship to English personal pronouns. It sounds heavy, but it is not, on the contrary it is a clear insight into the social context of words and language. I will never see those words in the same light again, and my Japanese will be certainly better for it. At a much more profound level Suzuki expounds his core belief that words create things, in contrast to our "natural" acceptance of the idea that objects exist independently of language. If this is too deep then fortunately it does not impose on the value of the book at the more pedestrian level at which I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you are a curious student of Japanese, then you will enjoy this book. I intend to read it again, and expect to enjoy it at least as much as the first time.

Worth Purchasing

This is a very welcome addition to the very limited list of books written on this subject. It has excellent layout and is explained in a clear, concise manner. The only fault is that it doesnt quite go into too much detail on Queries and that it is in HardBack format. Otherwise a worthy introduction to the topic.

Superb!

Having learned SMS through a combination of blood sweat and tears and read some appalling SMS 2.0 books, I was nervous at first this book would be of the same standard. The content is clearly laid out and well thought out. The quality of content is excellent and doesnt always follow the Microsoft lab mentality and sometimes provides real world examples. However, as the title suggests, this is an "administrators companion" and is not the best book to buy if you want to do the MCSE exam or need the detail of the resource kit.