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The Changing Role of Katakana in the Japanese Writing System
Processing and Pedagogical Dimensions for Native Speakers and Foreign Learners
by Yuko Igarashi
Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2008 by Vdm Verlag Dr. Müller
ISBN-13: 978-3-639-01133-3, ISBN: 3-639-01133-3
"Japanese has three major script types, kanji, hiragana, and katakana: kanji are a set of Chinese logographic scripts, and both hiragana and katakana are phonetic syllabaries. Although many observers have commented that words written in katakana are increasing in Japanese writings, there is little empirical data to prove it. This book provides evidence of their increase as well as capturing the differences in katakana usage between diffe ..."
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