Language, Nation, Race Linguistic Reform in Meiji Japan (1868-1912)
Language, Nation, Race explores the various language reforms at the onset of Japanese modernity, a time when a "national language" (kokugo) was produced to standardize Japanese. Faced with the threat of Western colonialism, Meiji intellectuals proposed various reforms to standardize the Ja...
Format: | eBook |
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Language: | English |
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Oakland
University of California Press
2021
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Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |