Word-Processing Technology in Japan: Kanji and the Keyboard

ISBN-13: 9780700712229 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 219 str.

N. Gottlieb;Gottlieb Nanett

Opis

This text deals with a topical issue relating to the use of script in Japan, one which has the potential to reshape the future script policy through the mediation of both orthographic practices and social relations. It tells the story of the impact of the adoption of word-processing technology capable of handling Japanese script in a society where the nature of that script had previously mandated handwriting as the norm. The ramifications of this technology in both the business and personal spheres have been wide-ranging, extending from changes to business practices and work profiles through to Japan's ability to construct a substantial presence on the Internet in the 1990s.

Recenzje

'This book provides illuminating insights into the far-reaching effects of the technology we use every day.' - The Japan Society

Spis treści

Part 1: patterns of growths; why the script delayed the technology; the typewriter age; the Kana typewriter; office automation; romanisation - a serious alternative? implications of the technology - a local reading. Part 2: some early case studies; early reactions; outside the office; a continuing trajectory. Part 3: increase in number of printed documents; standardisation; Kanji overload; revival of complex Kanji; Kanji mistakes; Ategi and Muimigo; forgetting Kanji; the changing view of Kanji; the role of the national language council; the long-term outlook. Part 4: the personal letter; the handwriting complex; the written word - written how? same lifestyle consequences for the user; consumerism; changes in the work force. Part 5: essentialism and internationalisation; language nationalism; the script factor; Kanji on the Internet.

O autorze

Nanette Gottlieb