Book notice: Planning Chinese Characters

[Harold Schiffman]

Planning Chinese Characters: Reaction, Evolution or Revolution?
Series Title: Language Policy 2008 Springer  http://www.springer.com



Author: Richard B. Jr. Baldauf
Author: Shouhui Zhao

Abstract:

*There is no other single overview of modern Chinese character development;
*Indicates that technology and character development are highly related,
opening a new research topic and perspective;
*All-inclusive review and evaluation of many different literatures on the
subject, in both English and Chinese;
*Presents the most comprehensive synthesis and analysis of major
developments in reforming programs in modernizing the Chinese writing system

This book presents the most comprehensive synthesis and analysis of major
developments in reforming programs in modernizing the Chinese writing
system. It traces the language policy and planning related developments for
Chinese characters, with particular emphasis on post-1950 period in the
People's Republic of China (PRC) and the more recent challenges that
technology, and particularly the World Wide Web, have posed for the language.
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