Contents

Introduction

Christian W. Spang

Articles

On “bie / buyao……” and “bie / buyao……le” in Mandarin Chinese

WANG Xuequn 15

 


Research on Modern Adaptation of Zhang Tingyan’s Sanguo Xuancui

XU Chenchen 29

 


A Phonetic Study of Roma-ji Notation in Katsuyo Shanghaigo

REN Fei 45

 


A Grammatical Study of the Beijing Dialect of the Late Qing in Shishang Congtan Bianlan:
Compared with Ernvyingxiongzhuan

YANG Xuan 63

 


An Analysis and Summary of the VELC Test® 2012-2019 Data

SHIZUKA Tetsuhito  75

 


Histoire du Lycée franco-japonais de Tokyo :
la naissance (le contexte)

François ROUSSEL 91

 


Commonality between Have Causatives and Have Adversatives in Terms of a Conceptual
Model of Possession and Related Matters

UMEMOTO Takashi 107

 


L’épigraphe du Voyage au Mont-Blanc de Chateaubriand : éléments pour une réflexion
sur les enjeux du genre descriptif à l’époque préromantique

NOZAWA Atsushi 115

 


Can an Online Reading Program Web R 2 Help L2 Readers to Develop Reading Fluency?:
A Preliminary Investigation 

TAGUCHI Etsuo 131

 


Semantic Extension of the Functional Word /nâa/ in Thai: From a Vocabulary Component
to a Sentence Structural Component

TANAKA Hiroshi 147

 


“Modern Girls” in the Literature of SASAKI Fusa: Dreams and Emotions

AOKI Junko 165

 


Arai Hakuseki and the Ryukyuan Embassy:
Descriptions of “Okatsura” and “Mekatsura” on Ryukyu in Toga 

HE Yaoming 181

 


“△ Considering of ~” in Wakansansaizue and Honchōshokkan:
Focusing on Scaly Fish in Rivers and Lakes

YANG Yali 195

 


The Correspondences of the Kanbun Version of Kinmozui 

YANG Shijin 205

Research Notes

On the comic dialogue in Japanese dialects called hōgen manzai

FUKUMORI Takahiro 217

 


An Attempt of Task Activities in Beginner Classes. Toward Attaining Language Proficiency
JIN Chengji 233

 


Applying Japanese Grammar Research to Japanese Language Education:
A Case Study of the Usage of “Toshite”

KOUDA Yoshiko 243

 


The Effects of Academic Activities-Oriented Teaching in Japanese Reading Classes for
Foreign Students

YANAI Hisae 259

 


The Relationship between Humans and the Natural World in Gary Snyder’s Turtle Island
Nayan Jyoti SUBEDI 271

Book Reviews

Book Review: Top-Up Listening 3 

Ravi MAHARJAN 279

 


Textbook Review Encounters on campus

Surendra POKHREL 281

Collection of reports

Collection of reports 285