Download or read book A Practical Guide for Scholarly Reading in Japanese written by Fumiko Nazikian and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Practical Guide for Scholarly Reading in Japanese is an innovative reference guide for scholars specializing in Asian studies, with a special focus on Chinese studies. The book aims to prepare those scholars to conduct research with primary sources from a variety of genres from the 20th century. The book contains concise descriptions of grammar points essential for reading scholarly writings in Japanese and exercises based on excerpts taken from prominent Japanese scholarly texts. Each exercise reading provides a list of vocabulary and explanations of expressions. The reading materials provided mainly cover Chinese history, comparative literature, religion, and culture. The book can be used as a textbook or self-study guide for scholars of Asian studies, as well as students who have completed two years of basic language learning and need to learn to read scholarly Japanese.