The kokugo revolution
Subtitle: education, identity and language policy in imperial Japan
By: Paul Clark.
Series: Japan research monograph -- 16
Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California; Institute of East Asian Studies; Univ of California Inst of East
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Japanese language -- Reform -- History; Language policy -- Japan -- History; Japanese language -- Study and teaching -- Japan -- History; Language planning -- Japan -- History; Japanese language -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: language and the problem of basic communication language reform in Europe. The legacy of language reform; title: Writing, literacy, language reform and education reform in early Meiji Japan; title: The birth of the genbun'itchi movement and futsbun in the Middle Meiji years; title: Ueda Kazutoshi, systematic linguistics and the academic legitimization of kokugo; title: The Genbun'itchi Society and the establishment of The National Language Research Council; title: Grammar, textbooks and the implementation of the national language; title: Kokugo, the state and Yamada; title: Conclusion.