03051nam 2200721uu 450 991095960380332120200520144314.00-19-772200-81-280-53369-20-19-535638-110.1093/oso/9780195101669.001.0001(CKB)1000000000401850(EBL)431336(OCoLC)252604665(SSID)ssj0000192997(PQKBManifestationID)11166585(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192997(PQKBWorkID)10197726(PQKB)10371570(Au-PeEL)EBL431336(CaPaEBR)ebr10279139(CaONFJC)MIL53369(MiAaPQ)EBC431336(OCoLC)1406786549(StDuBDS)9780197722008(OCoLC)32665127(FINmELB)ELB166571(EXLCZ)99100000000040185019960930e20231996 |y |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLiteracy and script reform in occupation Japan reading between the lines /J. Marshall Unger1st ed.New York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (x, 176 pages) illustrationsOxford scholarship onlineBibliography: p159-168. - Includes index.Previously issued in print: 1996.0-19-510166-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Transcription and Use of Japanese Words; 1. Introduction: Dreamers or Realists?; 2. Literacy in Japan up to 1945; 3. Script Reform from Within; 4. SCAP Steps In; 5. The Romaji Education Experiment; 6. Conclusion: The Most Literate Nation on Earth?; Appendix A: Halpern's Overview of the Romanization Issue; Appendix B: Trainor's Account of the Romaji Education Experiment; Appendix C: Calhoun's Key Memoranda on the Experiment's Results; Appendix D: Remarks on Archival Sources; Glossary of Japanese Terms; Notes; References; IndexJapanese writing intermingles three different sets of characters, making it difficult to adapt to new technology. This book looks at why the Japanese have not reformed their orthography and why the efforts at script reform that took place after World War II were defeated.Oxford scholarship online.Japanese languageReformJapanese languageWritingJapanese languageOrthography and spellingJapanese languageReform.Japanese languageWriting.Japanese languageOrthography and spelling.495.611495.611Unger J. Marshall644557StDuBDSUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910959603803321Literacy and Script Reform in Occupation Japan1188224UNINA