Sounding Natural in English
Kathleen Yamane
Notes by Seiji Uchid
【内容】
The focus of this volume is on common errors by Japanese speakers of English as identified by a long-term American resident and teacher. Part I deals with Common Lexical Errors, and is subdivided into sections on Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs. Part II focuses on Common Errors in Usage. With the Tokyo Olympics fast approaching, many Japanese have a renewed interest in improving their English language skills. The author hopes that this book will help them on their journey to speaking more natural English.
カタカナ語を英語として使用することで起こる間違い、不自然な言い回し、動詞の使い分けなど、日本人が英語を使うときに注意すべきことを解説。英語を学ぶ人に役に立つ。
【目次】
1 Commonly Misused English Loanwords 1
2 Commonly Misused English Loanwords 2
3 Wasei eigo: Original Creations
4 Foreign Borrowings from Other Languages Used as English
5 Abbreviated Forms Based on English
6 Clipped Forms Based on English Compounds
7 Unnatural Compound Forms
8 Nouns and Phrases that are Overused and / or Outdated
9 Best Avoided: Sexist and Politically Incorrect English
10 Common Errors with Singular and Plural Forms
11 Action Verbs: coming and going; working and playing; saying, telling, speaking and talking
12 Verbs of Perception: listening and hearing; watching, looking and seeing
13 Other Frequently Misused Verbs
14 Common Problems with Adjectives
15 Common Problems with Adverbs
16 Common Problems with Prepositions
17 Use of Grammatically Incorrect Word Forms
18 Use of Inappropriate Register
【著者紹介】 山根キャサリン(Kathleen Yamane)
The author is a native of upstate New York. She studied Linguistics and French Literature as an under graduate student, later receiving an M.A. in Linguistics from Cor nell Uni versity. She has taught language and linguistics courses in the U.S., France and Japan for over 40 years, most recently at Nara University. Her research interests include sociolinguistics and semantics, with a particular focus on language varieties. She is the author of over 30 textbooks.