1st Edition
Language Planning and Language Change in Japan East Asian Perspectives
By Tessa Carroll
Copyright 2001
288 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
Highlights the shift in language planning and language change in Japan at the end of the 20th century against a background of significant socio-cultural, political, and economic change and places them in a comparative context. Issues investigated include the concept of disorder in language; changes in official language; changing attitudes to regional dialects; and the impact of globalisation and technological advances.
Language planning - definitions and frameworks; historical background and parallels; state of the language, state and nation; language - state and citizens; speech and writing, culture and communication in an international age; national and regional identities in flux; into the 21st century.
Biography
Tessa Carroll
'This book is a valuable contribution to the literature on language planning and on Japan, and I can wholeheartedly resommend it.' - Journal of European Area Studies
'The account is informative, detailed and balanced.' - School of Oriental & African Studies
