The Writing on the Wall
Subtitle: How Asian Orthography Curbs Creativity (Encounters with Asia)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780812237115
Subjects: Language & Linguistics; Language teaching & learning material & coursework; Language Arts & Disciplines; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; Language; Southeast Asian Languages (See Also Vietnamese); Area / regional studies; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Linguistics; Creation (Literary, artistic,; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Creative ability; East Asia; Languages; Writing
Description: "Students in Japan, China, and Korea are among the world's top performers on standardized math and science tests. The nations of East Asia are also leading manufacturers of consumer goods that incorporate scientific breakthroughs in telecommunications, optics, and transportation.

Yet there is a startling phenomenon known throughout Asia as the "creativity problem." While East Asians are able to use science, they have not demonstrated the ability to invent radically new systems and paradigms that lead to new technologies. In fact, the legal and illegal transfer of technology from the West to the East is one of the most contentious international business issues.

Yet Asians who study and work in the West and depend upon Western languages for their research are among the most creative and talented scientists, no less so than their Western counterparts."--BOOK JACKET.