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Jordan, David K. – Language Problems & Language Planning, 2002
Describes the unicode project, which is working toward a single computer encoding scheme for all the worlds' scripts. It focuses on the special challenge of encoding Chinese characters, and uses the example of Hokkien, a Chinese dialect spoken by most people in Taiwan, to explore the problem of unorthodox, unstable, or unofficial scripts.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Dialects, Foreign Countries, Language Planning
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Chiung, Wi-vun Taiffalo – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2001
University students in Taiwan evaluated seven prepared Taibun reading samples on six characteristic scales. Results reveal that Han character-only orthography received the highest rating, Han-Roman mixed received the second highest, and Roman-only received the lowest.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education