Japan, Nepal, Taiwan and Chinese characters
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Japan, Nepal, Taiwan and Chinese characters
(Language planning and policy, . Language planning and policy in Asia ; v. 1)
Multilingual Matters, c2008
- : hbk
Available at 50 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume covers the language situation in Japan, Nepal and Taiwan, as well as the modernisation of Chinese characters in China, explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion, and the roles of non-indigenous languages. Two of the authors are indigenous and the other two have been participants in the language planning context in these countries. The purpose of the volumes in this series is to present up-to-date information on polities that are not well known to researchers in the field. A longer range purpose is to collect comparable information on as many polities as possible in order to facilitate the development of a richer theory to guide language policy and planning in other polities that undertake the development of a national policy on languages. This volume is part of an areal series which is committed to providing descriptions of language planning and policy in countries around the world.
Table of Contents
Series Overview
1. Language Policy and Planning in Chinese Characters, Japan, Nepal and Taiwan: Some Common Issues - Robert B. Kaplan and Richard B. Baldauf Jr
2. Chinese Character Modernisation in the Digital Era: A Historical Perspective - Zhao Shouhui
3. Japan: Language Planning and Policy in Transition - Nanette Gottlieb
4. The Language Situation in Nepal - Sonia Eagle
5. The Language Situation in Nepal: An Update - Sonia Eagle
6. The Language Planning Situation in Taiwan - Feng-fu Tsao
7. The Language Planning Situation in Taiwan: An Update - Feng-fu Tsao
Biographical Notes on Contributors
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