Asia's Orthographic Dilemma 9780824861537
With the advent of computers and the rise of East Asian economies, the complicated character-based writing systems of Ea
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English Pages 368 [352] Year 1997
Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part 1: HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF WRITING IN EAST ASIA
1. Chinese
2. Japanese
3. Korean
4. Vietnamese
Part 2: CRITIQUE OF CHINESE CHARACTER–BASED WRITING
5. Representation
6. Learning and Literacy
7. Reading
8. Appropriateness to East Asian Languages
Part 3: FORCES FOR CHANGE
9. The Chimera of Reform
10. Language, Speech, and Writing
11. Computing with Chinese Characters
12. Chinese Characters and East Asian Culture
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part 1: HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF WRITING IN EAST ASIA
1. Chinese
2. Japanese
3. Korean
4. Vietnamese
Part 2: CRITIQUE OF CHINESE CHARACTER–BASED WRITING
5. Representation
6. Learning and Literacy
7. Reading
8. Appropriateness to East Asian Languages
Part 3: FORCES FOR CHANGE
9. The Chimera of Reform
10. Language, Speech, and Writing
11. Computing with Chinese Characters
12. Chinese Characters and East Asian Culture
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
- Author / Uploaded
- William C. Hannas
