Language, script and modernity
The Japanese writing system was the target of criticism and reform during the latter half of the 19th century. In order to implement a coherent education, some like Mori Arinori suggested adopting English; others like Nanbu Yoshikazu proposed the adoption of the Latin alphabet and the abolition of C...
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Cipango - French Journal of Japanese Studies
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openedition-oai:revues.org:cjs_288 https://doi.org/10.4000/cjs.288 urn:doi:10.4000/cjs.288 en https://journals.openedition.org/cjs/288 2013-06-25T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/e1i0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Language, script and modernity Cipango - French Journal of Japanese Studies INALCO info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2268-1744 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cjs Griolet, Pascal linguistics Meiji era national language kokugo Chinese characters kanji education Westernisation romanization kana transcription modern Japan Mori Arinori (1847-1889) Maejima Hisoka (1835-1919) Nanbu Yoshikazu (1840-1917) Japon moderne langue nationale Kokugo caractères chinois Kanji éducation occidentalisation romanisation transcription en kana Mori Arinori (1847-1889) Maejima Hisoka (1835-1919) Nanbu Yoshikazu (1840-1917) The Japanese writing system was the target of criticism and reform during the latter half of the 19th century. In order to implement a coherent education, some like Mori Arinori suggested adopting English; others like Nanbu Yoshikazu proposed the adoption of the Latin alphabet and the abolition of Chinese characters. This paper shows that, contrary to the image that everything has changed in Japan within a few years around the Meiji Restoration (1868), from the initial debates of the late-Edo, it has taken over forty years to see the Japanese language unshackled from Chinese, yet without being destroyed and transformed into English, and for the building blocks of a “national language” (kokugo) to emerge. Le système graphique japonais fut la cible de critiques et l’objet de réformes durant la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle. Afin de mettre sur pied un système éducatif cohérent, certains, comme Mori Arinori, suggérèrent d’adopter l’anglais ; d’autres, comme Nanmu Yoshikazu, proposèrent l’adoption de l’alphabet latin et la suppression des caractères chinois. Cet article montre que, contrairement à l’image selon laquelle tout aurait basculé en quelques années au Japon autour de la Restauration de Meiji (1868), depuis les débats de la fin de l’époque d’Edo, il aura fallu plus de quarante ans pour qu’apparaisse une langue japonaise dégagée de l’emprise du chinois sans pour autant être anéantie et métamorphosée en anglais, et pour qu’émerge les premières fondations d’une langue nationale (kokugo). |
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linguistics Meiji era national language kokugo Chinese characters kanji education Westernisation romanization kana transcription modern Japan Mori Arinori (1847-1889) Maejima Hisoka (1835-1919) Nanbu Yoshikazu (1840-1917) Japon moderne langue nationale Kokugo caractères chinois Kanji éducation occidentalisation romanisation transcription en kana Mori Arinori (1847-1889) Maejima Hisoka (1835-1919) Nanbu Yoshikazu (1840-1917) |
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linguistics Meiji era national language kokugo Chinese characters kanji education Westernisation romanization kana transcription modern Japan Mori Arinori (1847-1889) Maejima Hisoka (1835-1919) Nanbu Yoshikazu (1840-1917) Japon moderne langue nationale Kokugo caractères chinois Kanji éducation occidentalisation romanisation transcription en kana Mori Arinori (1847-1889) Maejima Hisoka (1835-1919) Nanbu Yoshikazu (1840-1917) Griolet, Pascal Language, script and modernity |
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The Japanese writing system was the target of criticism and reform during the latter half of the 19th century. In order to implement a coherent education, some like Mori Arinori suggested adopting English; others like Nanbu Yoshikazu proposed the adoption of the Latin alphabet and the abolition of Chinese characters. This paper shows that, contrary to the image that everything has changed in Japan within a few years around the Meiji Restoration (1868), from the initial debates of the late-Edo, it has taken over forty years to see the Japanese language unshackled from Chinese, yet without being destroyed and transformed into English, and for the building blocks of a “national language” (kokugo) to emerge. |
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