Reforming Chinese characters in the PRC and Japan: New directions in the twenty-first century

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dc.contributor.authorPremaratne, Dilhara
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:09:36Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2022-02-20T07:21:59Z
dc.description.abstractThis article provides a comparative evaluation of Chinese character reform in the People's Republic of China and Japan, with a particular focus on the latest changes announced in 2009 to the existing script policies in the two countries. The first Chinese script reform took place in 1956 and the first Japanese script reform in 1946, both for the purpose of simplifying the scripts to facilitate mass education. In the 1980s, prompted by nationalistic sentiments and economic security, both countries backtracked on their script reform policies and adopted a more conservative approach that put an end to any further simplification of the script. The conservative trend which continued into the new millennium is reflected in the two latest reforms. Both China and Japan have moved further away from phonetizing the script in their effort to address issues related to information and communication technology.
dc.identifier.issn1466-4208
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/29111
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceCurrent Issues in Language Planning
dc.subjectKeywords: globalization; List of Standard Common Characters; modernization; nationalism; New Joyo Kanji List; standardization
dc.titleReforming Chinese characters in the PRC and Japan: New directions in the twenty-first century
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage15
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.contributor.affiliationPremaratne, Dilhara, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidPremaratne, Dilhara, u3956772
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor200101 - Communication Studies
local.identifier.absseo950202 - Languages and Literacy
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9910377xPUB62
local.identifier.citationvolume1
local.identifier.doi10.1080/14664208.2012.754328
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84873712180
local.identifier.thomsonID000212238900003
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu9910377
local.type.statusPublished Version

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