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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
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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
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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
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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