Asia's Orthographic DilemmaWith the advent of computers and the rise of East Asian economies, the complicated character-based writing systems of East Asia have reached a stage of crisis that may be described as truly millennial in scope and implications. In what is perhaps the most wide-ranging critique of the sinographic script ever written, William C. Hannas assesses the usefulness of Chinese character-based writing in East Asia today. |
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Índice
Chinese | 3 |
Japanese | 26 |
Korean | 48 |
Vietnamese | 73 |
Critique of Chinese CharacterBased Writing | 99 |
5 Representation | 101 |
6 Learning and Literacy | 125 |
7 Reading | 153 |
Forces for Change | 205 |
9 The Chimera of Reform | 207 |
10 Language Speech and Writing | 231 |
11 Computing with Chinese Characters | 258 |
12 Chinese Characters and East Asian Culture | 277 |
Notes | 301 |
Bibliography | 317 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Asia's Orthographic Dilemma Asia's Orthographic Dilemma Asian Interactions and Comparisons Series |
| Autor | William C. Hannas |
| Editor | University of Hawaii Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 082481892X, 9780824818920 |
| N.º de páginas | 352 páginas |
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