| Asia's Orthographic Dilemma Contributor(s): Hannas, William C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 082481892X ISBN-13: 9780824818920 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers - Foreign Language Study | Southeast Asian Languages (see Also Vietnamese) - Foreign Language Study | Indic Languages |
| Dewey: 495 |
| LCCN: 96-44397 |
| Lexile Measure: 1500 |
| Series: Asian Interactions and Comparisons (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.22" (1.10 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |