LEADER 04268nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910787541203321 005 20220114032545.0 010 $a0-8122-0216-3 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202168 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418170 035 $a(OCoLC)859162308 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748342 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001036056 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11556509 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036056 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11041288 035 $a(PQKB)10612682 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26817 035 $a(DE-B1597)449075 035 $a(OCoLC)979631040 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202168 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442032 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748342 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442032 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418170 100 $a20021003d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe writing on the wall$b[electronic resource] $ehow Asian orthography curbs creativity /$fWilliam C. Hannas 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 225 0 $aEncounters with Asia 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-51083-0 311 0 $a0-8122-3711-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-336) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. Japan's Creative Imitations --$t2. Sources of Chinese Innovation --$t3. Korean Technology Transfer --$t4. Asia's Creativity Problem --$t5. The Anatomy of Creativity --$t6. Creativity and the Alphabet --$t7. Asia's Orthographic Tradition --$t8. The Concrete Nature of Asian Writing --$t9. The Impact of Language on Creativity --$t10. Chinese Characters and Creativity --$t11. Creativity and East Asian Society --$t12. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aStudents in Japan, China, and Korea are among the world's top performers on standardized math and science tests. The nations of East Asia are also leading manufacturers of consumer goods that incorporate scientific breakthroughs in telecommunications, optics, and transportation. Yet there is a startling phenomenon known throughout Asia as the "creativity problem." While East Asians are able to use science, they have not demonstrated the ability to invent radically new systems and paradigms that lead to new technologies. In fact, the legal and illegal transfer of technology from the West to the East is one of the most contentious international business issues. Yet Asians who study and work in the West and depend upon Western languages for their research are among the most creative and talented scientists, no less so than their Western counterparts. William C. Hannas contends that this paradox emerges from the nature of East Asian writing systems, which are character-based rather than alphabetic. Character-based orthographies, according to the author, lack the abstract features of alphabetic writing that model the thought processes necessary for scientific creativity. When first learning to read, children who are immersed in a character-based culture are at a huge disadvantage because such writing systems do not cultivate the ability for abstract thought. Despite the overwhelming body of evidence that points to the cognitive side-effects, the cultural importance of character-based writing makes the adoption of an alphabet unlikely in the near future. 606 $aCreation (Literary, artistic, etc.) 606 $aCreative ability 607 $aEast Asia$xLanguages$xWriting 610 $aAfrican Studies. 610 $aAnthropology. 610 $aAsian Studies. 610 $aFolklore. 610 $aLanguages. 610 $aLinguistics. 610 $aMiddle Eastern Studies. 610 $aPhilology and Linguistics. 615 0$aCreation (Literary, artistic, etc.) 615 0$aCreative ability. 676 $a495 700 $aHannas$b Wm. C.$f1946-$0954872 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787541203321 996 $aThe writing on the wall$93809395 997 $aUNINA