Title Writing and literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese / Insup Taylor, Martin M. Taylor

Edition Revised edition Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 487 pages) : illustrations Series Studies in written language and literacy, 0929-7324 ; v. 14 Studies in written language and literacy ; v. 14. 0929-7324 Contents Introduction -- Spoken Chinese -- Chinese characters: Hanzi -- Meaning representation in characters -- Sound representation by characters -- History of education and literacy in China -- Reforming spoken and written Chinese -- School, and learning to read in Chinese -- Korean language -- Hancha: Chinese characters -- Han'gul: alphabetic syllabary -- Learning and using Han'gul -- Why should Hancha be kept? -- History of education and literacy in Korea -- Japanese language -- Kanji: Chinese characters -- Kana: Japanese syllabary -- Romaji: Roman letters -- Why keep Kanji? -- History of mass literacy in Japan -- Learning and using Kanji and Kana -- The Japanese educational system -- Eye movements and text writing in East Asia -- Reading and the brain -- East Asian students in international tests -- Logographic characters vs phonetic scripts Summary The book describes how the three East Asian writing systems-Chinese, Korean, and Japanese- originated, developed, and are used today. Uniquely, this book: (1) examines the three East Asian scripts (and English) together in relation to each other, and (2) discusses how these scripts are, and historically have been, used in literacy and how they are learned, written, read, and processed by the eyes, the brain, and the mind. In this second edition, the authors have included recent research findings on the uses of the scripts, added several new sections, and rewritten several other sections. They have also added a new Part IV to deal with issues that similarly involve all the four languages/scripts of their interest. The book is intended both for the general public and for interested scholars. Technical terms (listed in a glossary) are used only when absolutely necessary Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Chinese language. Chinese language -- Writing. Korean language. Korean language -- Writing. Japanese language. Japanese language -- Writing. Literacy. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages. Chinese language Chinese language -- Writing Japanese language Japanese language -- Writing Korean language Korean language -- Writing Literacy Form Electronic book Author Taylor, M. Martin (Maurice Martin), author. ISBN 9789027269447 9027269440 9027218102 9789027218100

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