Masumi Azuma

List of John Benjamins publications in which Masumi Azuma is involved.

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Azuma, Masumi 2012 Chapter 9. English native speakers’ interpretations of culture-bound Japanese figurative expressions Metaphor in Use: Context, culture, and communication, MacArthur, Fiona, José Luis Oncins-Martínez, Manuel Sánchez-García and Ana M. Piquer-Píriz (eds.), pp. 195–216 | Chapter
Every language has its unique figurative expressions. This chapter focuses on culture-bound Japanese figurative expressions, how these were interpreted by speakers of English, and the strategies that were used in their interpretations. The Japanese expressions used in the investigation were… read more
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