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Asia Development Board
Author_Nanette Gottlieb
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Co-prosperity Sphere
Common Language
council
Education Ministry
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Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere
Greater East Asia Ministry
Haga Yaichi
IBM Japan
Interim Council
Interim List
Japanese Language Education
Japanese language reform
kana
Kana Usage
kana usage guidelines
Kun Readings
language
Language Planning
language planning Japan
Language Policy
Maejima Hisoka
Meiji period linguistics
national
National Language
National Language Council
National Language Research Institute
orthographic policy
Phonetic Script
policy
postwar Japanese script politics
Postwar Reforms
reform
reforms
research
script
Script Reform
script simplification
Sino Japanese Words
Ueda Kazutoshi
usage
Product details
- ISBN 9780710305121
- Weight: 630g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 11 Jan 1995
- Publisher: Kegan Paul
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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First Published in 1995. The nature of the Japanese script has been a matter of contention since the early Meiji period. It was not until 1902, however, that the government was convinced of the need to simplify the written language. The modernised system of kana usage and the guidelines on the use, shape and readings are thoroughly discussed in this book alongside the political nature of Japan's multiple written languages. This title has involved interviews with many of the key players in the post-war period as well as research on the vast amount of primary source material on the topic.
