Japanese models, Chinese culture and the dilemma of Taiwanese language reform / Ann Heylen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heylen, Ann.

Contributor:

Christine Hikawa Fund.

Series:

Studia formosiana ; 1612-572X v. 7.

Studia formosiana, 1612-572X ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Taiwan--Reform.

Chinese language.

Taiwan--Languages.

Taiwan.

Language and languages.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

241 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1. Auflage.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 2012.

Summary:

The nature of Taiwan's present day linguistic diversity may not have manifested itself the way it did had Taiwan not been colonized by Japan from 1895 to 1945, suggests Heylen (Taiwanese culture and literature, Ruhr-U. Bochum, Germany), and had China and Japan not embarked upon their process of nation building and language standardization at that time. It is against the background of these two historical realities that she explores linguistic modernization in Taiwan, past and present. She covers Taiwan's historico-linguistic setting, the Japanese regime, the romanized Taiwanese movement, the Mandarin baihuawen movement, and the written Taiwanese movement. The study is largely based on her 2001 doctoral dissertation at Catholic University Leuven. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Revised thesis (doctoral) - Catholic University Leuven, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-234) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Christine Hikawa Fund.

ISBN:

9783447065573

3447065575

OCLC:

778420923