Essay Archive - Japanese: The Law of Inverse Returns
Japanese: The Law of Inverse Returns
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....
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