Descriptor
Source
Visible Language | 4 |
Publication Type
Information Analyses | 4 |
Journal Articles | 4 |
Opinion Papers | 4 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Backhouse, A. E. – Visible Language, 1984
Describes some of the major structural features of the modern Japanese written language as they are manifested at the level of graphology. (FL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Japanese, Language Research, Orthographic Symbols

Seeley, Chris – Visible Language, 1984
Summarizes changes in the Japanese script from 1900 onwards, emphasizing those made after World War II in an effort to simplify the script. (FL)
Descriptors: Intellectual History, Japanese, Language Research, Modern History

Twine, Nanette – Visible Language, 1984
Examines how, under Western influence, punctuation was adopted in Japanese texts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (FL)
Descriptors: Intellectual History, Japanese, Language Research, Orthographic Symbols

Unger, J. Marshall – Visible Language, 1984
Examines the linguistic and technical factors that are responsible for the intractability of the computer input problem caused by Japanese orthography and the social factors that lend it a sense of urgency. (FL)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Computers, Japanese, Language Research