Nanette Gottlieb

Word-Processing Technology in Japan (eBook, ePUB)

Kanji and the Keyboard

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text studies the impact of one of the most significant technological breakthroughs in Japan this century: the invention and adoption of word-processing technology capable of handling Japanese script.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 219
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136114908
• Artikelnr.: 39190602

Autorenporträt

Nanette Gottlieb

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: patterns of growths
why the script delayed the technology
the typewriter age
the Kana typewriter
office automation
romanisation - a serious alternative? implications of the technology - a local reading. Part 2: some early case studies
early reactions
outside the office
a continuing trajectory. Part 3: increase in number of printed documents
standardisation
Kanji overload
revival of complex Kanji
Kanji mistakes
Ategi and Muimigo
forgetting Kanji
the changing view of Kanji
the role of the national language council
the long-term outlook. Part 4: the personal letter
the handwriting complex
the written word - written how? same lifestyle consequences for the user
consumerism
changes in the work force. Part 5: essentialism and internationalisation
language nationalism
the script factor
Kanji on the Internet.