1995
DOI: 10.1075/lplp.19.3.02han
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Korea's Attempts to Eliminate Chinese Characters and the Implications for Romanizing Chinese

Abstract: Klopodoj de Koreio elimini cinajn ideogramojn kaj la implicojje romiigo de la cina Apogantoj de alfabeta skribsistemo en Cinio heroldis la sperton de Koreio forlasi cinajn ideogramojn kaj transiri al tute fonetika skribsistemo kiel pruvon pri la vivkapablo de tiu koncepto. La analogio, kvankam instrua, estas serioze mankohava. Malgraŭ fruaj klopodoj en Suda Koreio anstataŭigi ideogramojn per sistemo plene hangul, kontraŭuloj de la reformo sukcesis reenkonduki la ĉinajn ideogramojn per montro al la senintencaj … Show more

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“…Hannas (1995) explains the failure in terms of morphological limitations of the alphabetic writing system, the semantic quality of the words themselves, and the terse Chinese grammar lacking many overt grammatical markers.…”
Section: Chinese As a Step Toward Alphabetic Literacymentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…Hannas (1995) explains the failure in terms of morphological limitations of the alphabetic writing system, the semantic quality of the words themselves, and the terse Chinese grammar lacking many overt grammatical markers.…”
Section: Chinese As a Step Toward Alphabetic Literacymentioning
confidence: 98%
“…The inability of an alphabet to adequately compensate for the loss of morphological cues to reading Chinese suggests that Chinese characters, not an alphabet, may actually be the simplest and most efficient written representation of Chinese language. Hannas's (1995) proposed reforms highlight the received view of Chinese characters and their place in the evolution of writing systems. Goody and Watt (1968), Arnove and Graff (1987), and even Hannas appear to believe that Chinese is too complicated and clumsy to use efficiently in mass literacy.…”
Section: Chinese As a Step Toward Alphabetic Literacymentioning
confidence: 99%
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