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Daniels, F. J. – Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1978
Summarizes developments of attempts to standardize written and spoken Japanese, from World War II to the present. (AM)
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Planning, Official Languages, Orthographic Symbols
Peer reviewedWrenn, James J. – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1975
Discusses the popularization of Putonghua, the common language of the People's Republic of China, and the creation and popularization of a national phonetic alphabet. These two issues are related by the fact that romanization is seen as an important vehicle for the popularization of Putonghua. (CLK)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Chinese, Language Planning, Language Standardization
