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200 10$aLiteracy and script reform in occupation Japan $ereading between the lines /$fJ. Marshall Unger
205   $a1st ed.
210  1$aNew York ;$cOxford University Press,$d2023.
215   $a1 online resource  (x, 176 pages) $cillustrations
225 1 $aOxford scholarship online
300   $aBibliography: p159-168. - Includes index.
300   $aPreviously issued in print: 1996.
311 0 $a0-19-510166-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330 8 $aJapanese writing intermingles three different sets of characters, making it difficult to adapt to new technology. This book looks at why the Japanese have not reformed their orthography and why the efforts at script reform that took place after World War II were defeated.
410  0$aOxford scholarship online.
606   $aJapanese language$xReform
606   $aJapanese language$xWriting
606   $aJapanese language$xOrthography and spelling
615  0$aJapanese language$xReform.
615  0$aJapanese language$xWriting.
615  0$aJapanese language$xOrthography and spelling.
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