Nanette Gottlieb

Language and the Modern State

The Reform of Written Japanese

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1991, this book examines the process whereby a modern colloquial style of written Japanese was developed in the context of the overall modernization of Japan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780367001728
• ISBN-10: 0367001721
• Artikelnr.: 60013997

Inhaltsangabe

1. Language and Modernization: The Japanese Experience 2. Pre-Modern Styles
3. Early Stirrings: Education and the Press 4. Language and Politics 5. The
Role of Literature 6. The Final Stages 7. The Opposition 8. The
Standardization Debate 9. The Problem of Orthography