Word-Processing Technology in Japan: Kanji and the Keyboard - Hardcover

Gottlieb, Nanette

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0700712224 ISBN 13: 9780700712229

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

This book deals with a topical issue relating to the use of script in Japan, one which has the potential to reshape future script policy through the mediation of both orthographic practices and social relations. It tells the story of the impact of one of the most significant technological breakthroughs in Japan in the latter part of this century: the invention and rapid adoption of word-processing technology capable of handling Japanese script in a society where the nature of that script had previously mandated handwriting as the norm. The ramifications of this technology in both the business and personal spheres have been wide-ranging, extending from changes to business practices, work profiles, orthography and social attitudes to writing through to Japan's ability to construct a substantial presence on the Internet in recent years.

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Nanette Gottlieb

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700712224
• ISBN 13: 9780700712229
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236