Literacy and Script Reform in Occupation Japan

Unger J. Marshall

ISBN 10: 0195101669 / ISBN 13: 9780195101669

Edité par Oxford University Press, New York, 1996

A propos de cet article

X, 176 pp. Oxford University Press - New York , 1996 Hardcover, in very good condition. Ex. of the Ghent University Library with the usual stamps, labels and numbers. No marks inside, a very good copy.

N° de réf. du vendeur 012217

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Literacy and Script Reform in Occupation Japan
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, New York
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195101669
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195101669
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Literature
  • Language
  • Japan

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Synopsis

Japanese writing intermingles three different sets of characters, making it difficult to adapt to new technology. Unger looks at why the Japanese have not reformed their orthography and specifically the efforts at script reform that took place after the Second World War, and how and why that movement was defeated.

Revue de presse

Unger's study of literacy and script reform is a tragic account of lost opportunity. (John Lie, Social Science Japan Jnl. Vol.3, No.2, 2000.)

Unger's clear and convincing account of Japanese script reform ... is a fascinating study. (John Lie, Social Science Japan Jnl. Vol.3, No.2, 2000.)

This is a book that deserves wide readership. (John Lie, Social Science Japan Jnl. Vol.3, No.2, 2000.)

must be welcomed as filling an important gap./ Florian Coulmas, Chuo University, Japan, Written Language and Literacy.

an excellent account of literacy ... the romaji experiment was cancelled ... the book is all the more readable for Unger's obvious sympathy with the experiment's aims and his respect for those who tried to achieve them. Romanisation is and will remain a topic of East Asian significance, and not least cause for the odd surprise. (The Times Higher Education Supplement)

Unger's book adds a new dimension to the picture by clearly showing that fear of romanization, which suddenly did not seem such an unrealistic alternative, made them all the more determined to hold off the challenge. (Monumenta Nipponica)