Author: Hannas, Wm. C
Title: Asia's Orthographic Dilemma
Description: Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, (1997). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xi,338 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: History & Struvcture of Writing in East Asia: Chinese, Japanese, Korean; Vietnamese; Critique of Chinese Character-Based Writing: Representation; Learning & Literacy; Reading; Appropriateness to East Asian Languages; Forces for Change: The Chimera of Reform; Language, Speech & Writing; Computing with Chinese Characters; Chinese Characters & East Asian Culture.

Keywords: Asian Writing Systems, Chinese Characters, Japanese Script, Scripts Alphabets, Orthographic Reform, Orthography, Political History, Language Politics, Linguistics