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Gottlieb, Nanette – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2008
This monograph discusses the language situation in Japan, with an emphasis on language planning and policy. Japan has long considered itself to be a monoethnic and therefore monolingual society, despite the existence of substantial old-comer ethnic minorities, and this--with the instrumental exception of English--has been reflected in its language…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries
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