Language and the Modern State: The Reform of Written Japanese by Nanette Gottlieb

Language and the Modern State: The Reform of Written Japanese

Nanette Gottlieb

340 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

informative slow-paced
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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. The book examines the process whereby this strategic simplificat...

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