Japanese: The Law Of Inverse Returns
Japanese: The Law of Inverse Returns
Scott Barlow December 6, 1996 Shoji Azuma Japan 355 - 1
The law of inverse returns states that the better the foreign learner's Japanese
is, the worse the reaction of the Japanese native population will be to the
learner's use of Japanese. In this paper, I argue that the better the learner's
Japanese is, the better the treatment to the learner of Japanese from native
Japanese. I will argue this point by making three statements and then provide
opinions and reactions of others whom I have interviewed over the Internet. The
better the Japanese language that one has, the more the freedom he feels. I felt
this feeling while I was in Japan and I could finally go to the bank and make a
deposit or withdraw without fumbling and literally making up my own Japanese
vocabulary. Until further Japanese study, did I find out that the word to
"withdraw" money from the bank was the same as "taking something down," like
from a shelf. These are the same words,......
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