Cursive/Printing Ideology

[Donald Carroll]

Dear all,

My apologies to all and in particular Mr. Kuniyoshi Kataoka for the typos
in my recent post.  His paper is a fascinating study in "ethnoscriptology"!

Don

At 12:47  12/01/00 +0900, Donald Carroll wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>While I don't have anything directly related to the issue of cursive vs.
>print in English, the following article sheads some interesting light on
>how minor variations in writing styles can be used to establish identity
>within a group.
>
>Kataoka, Juniyokshi.  1997.  Affect and letter-writing:  Unconvential
>conventions in casual writing by young Japanese women.  Language in Society
>26, 103-136.
>
>Don
>
>
>Prof. Donald Carroll
>English Department
>Shikoku Gakuin University
>Bunkyo-cho 3-2-16
>Zentsuji-shi, Kagawa-ken 765-0013
>Japan
>
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>Email:    dcarroll at sg-u.ac.jp
>
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