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With the advent of computers and the rise of East Asian economies, the complicated character-based writing systems of East Asia have reached a stage of crisis that may be described as truly millennial in scope and implications. In what is perhaps the most wide-ranging critique of the sinographic scr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hannas, Wm. C., 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiì Press, ©1997.
Subjects:
Chinese characters > East Asia.
Chinese language > Writing.
Chinois (Langue) > Écriture.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Southeast Asian Languages.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Chinese.
Chinese characters
Chinese language > Writing
Chinees schrift.
Japans schrift.
Chinois (langue) > Écriture.
Caractères chinois > Asie orientale.
East Asia
Sprog > Ikke-vesterlandske sprog.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:With the advent of computers and the rise of East Asian economies, the complicated character-based writing systems of East Asia have reached a stage of crisis that may be described as truly millennial in scope and implications. In what is perhaps the most wide-ranging critique of the sinographic script ever written, William C. Hannas assesses the usefulness of Chinese character-based writing in East Asia today.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-329) and index.
ISBN:0585344019
9780585344010
9780824861537
0824861531

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