title: JAPANESE VERB “NARU”: KEY TO UNDERSTANDING OF JAPANESE MENTALITY
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Latysheva, Svetlana I.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2023-05-25T19:26:56Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-05-25T19:26:56Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/2782-1943.2022.23
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/41523
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The connection between language and culture, specifically how the grammatical
  and lexical constructions of a language manifest the peculiarities of a nation’s
  culture, has long been researched. In Japan, one such grammatical construction
  of interest is the verb “naru”. There is a commonly held thesis that
  the use of this word strongly reflects the Japanese worldview and value system.
  Hence, considering how it is translated by speakers of other languages can be
  one way in which to consider the different perspectives they may hold. For the
  most part, Japanese researchers believe that there are two important camps of
  thought, either translating “naru” with a word close in meaning to the Russian
  “stanovitsya ; stati” (to become) or with a verb similar to the Russian “delati ;
  sdelati” (to do). In this paper, the author analyzes 28 variants of the use of the
  verb “naru” in Japanese and variants of its translation into Russian. The study
  concludes that only in 6 out of 28 cases, the translation of this verb using the
  Russian verb “stanovitsya–statj (to become)” is adequate. In response to these
  findings, the author hypothesizes that the frequent use of the verb “naru” in
  the Japanese context is meant to emphasize the importance placed on how
  the state of a person or the surrounding world has changed. In contrast, when
  placed into the Russian context, emphasis is given to action and the actor performing
  it. By attempting to explain these linguistic differences, we are able
  to make grounded assumptions about the perspectives and values held by the
  speakers of these two languages.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Synergy of Languages & Cultures 2022: Interdiscipilinary Studies;
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Japanese
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: comparison of cultures
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: verb naru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: verb stanovitsya — statj (to become)
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Japanese mentality
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Japanese national character
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: JAPANESE VERB “NARU”: KEY TO UNDERSTANDING OF JAPANESE MENTALITY
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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