Japanese Civilization in the Modern World. VII: Language, Literacy, and Writing (Senri Ethnological Studies, 34)
Published by National Museum of Ethnology, 1992
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148 pp., bibliography. ex-library, label on front cover, clear lamination over cover, embossing stamp on title page. Contents: Keynote address / Umesao Tadao; Writing and civilization: A view from African culture / Miyamoto Masaoki; Some problems concerning personal names / Ogawa Ryo; Language unification and the fate of regional languages in multiethnic, multilingual states: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia / Sakiyama Osamu; Linguistic development in Java / Someya Yoshimichi; Writing a speech / Inagaki Yoshihiko; Literacy West and East: Europe and Japan in the nineteenth century / Richard Rubinger; Literacy East and West: Date from linguistics and psycholinguistics / J. Marshall Unger; Language education and standardization in the formation of the modern state: A comparison of Italy and Japan / Paolo Calvetti; The ups and downs of dialects in Japan / Tokugawa Munemasa; The politics of language: Nation-state, imperialism, egalitarianism, and internationalization / Harumi Befu.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Japanese Civilization in the Modern World. VII: Language, Literacy, and Writing (Senri Ethnological Studies, 34)
- Author
- Tadao Umesao; J. Marshall Unger; Osamu Sakiyama (editors)
- Publisher
- National Museum of Ethnology
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Seller catalogs
- Japan post-1945, Linguistics
Masalai Press
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