Asia's Orthographic Dilemma

William C. Hannas

Published by University of Hawaii Press 1997

Asia's Orthographic Dilemma

William C. Hannas

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824861537

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With 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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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Part 1: HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF WRITING IN EAST ASIA
1. Chinese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Japanese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3. Korean Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4. Vietnamese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Part 2: CRITIQUE OF CHINESE CHARACTER–BASED WRITING
5. Representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
6. Learning and Literacy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
7. Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
8. Appropriateness to East Asian Languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Part 3: FORCES FOR CHANGE
9. The Chimera of Reform Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
10. Language, Speech, and Writing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
11. Computing with Chinese Characters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
12. Chinese Characters and East Asian Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
About the Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 368

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Published: June 1, 1997
ISBN: 9780824861537