Language and the Modern State - The Reform of Written Japanese

List of contents

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Nanette Gottlieb, Nanette (University of Queensland Gottlieb, Gottlieb Nanette
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138394346
• ISBN: 978-1-138-39434-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japanese Linguistics; Routledge Library Editions: Japanese Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Japanese, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Morphology, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General