Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series editor’s preface vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Map of Japan xii
6. 1 Prologue 1
7. 2 The dynamics of English words in contemporary Japanese: Japanese English and a ‘beautiful human life’ 11
8. 3 The history of Japanese English language contact 45
9. 4 The Japanese writing system and English 83
10. 5 The poetics of English in Japanese pop songs and contemporary verse 101
11. 6 A new voice: The use of English as a new rhetoric in modern Japanese women’s language 127
12. 7 Using the graphic and pictorial image to explore Japan’s ‘Empire of Signs’ 143
13. 8 Is it naisu rice or good gohan?: In Japan, it’s not what you eat, but how you say it 189
14. 9 Language and culture contact in the Japanese colour nomenclature system: From neon oranges to shocking pinks 211
15. 10 Sense, sensation, and symbols: English in the realm of the senses 237
16. 11 Images of race and identity in Japanese and American language and culture contact 265
17. 12 Japan, English, and World Englishes 279
18. Appendix: The Japanese syllabary writing system 301
19. Notes 309
20. References 323
21. Index 357