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The Ideology of Kokugo : Nationalizing Language in Modern Japan / Yeounsuk Lee.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824833053
  • 9780824837617
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 495.601
LOC classification:
  • PL513 .I513 2010
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Language and the Imagined Community -- Introduction: The Japanese Language before Kokugo: Views of Mori Arinori and Baba Tatsui -- PART I: Kokugo Issues in Early Meiji -- Chapter 1. Perspectives on Kokuji, the National Script -- Chapter 2. Genbun Itchi and Kokugo -- Chapter 3. The Creation of Kokugo -- Part II: Ueda Kazutoshi and His Ideas about Language -- Chapter 4. The Early Period of Ueda Kazutoshi -- Chapter 5. Kokugo and Kokka -- Chapter 6. From Kokugo Studies to Kokugo Politics -- Part III: Kokugogaku and Linguistics -- Chapter 7. Hoshina Kōichi-a Forgotten Scholar -- Chapter 8. The History of Kokugogaku -- Chapter 9. Tradition and Reform in Kokugo -- Part IV: Hoshina Ko-ichi and His Language Policies -- Chapter 10. The Ideology of Hyōjungo -- Chapter 11. Korea and Poland -- Chapter 12. What Is Assimilation? -- Chapter 13. Manchukuo and the State Language -- Chapter 14. Language for the Co-Prosperity Sphere and the Internationalization of the Japanese Language -- Chapter 15. Conclusion -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author and Translator
Summary: Available for the first time in English, The Ideology of Kokugo: Nationalizing Language in Modern Japan (1996) is Lee Yeounsuk's award-winning look at the history and ideology behind the construction of kokugo (national language). Prior to the Meiji Period (1868-1912), the idea of a single, unified Japanese language did not exist. Only as Japan was establishing itself as a modern nation-state and an empire with expanding colonies did there arise the need for a national language to construct and sustain its national identity.Re-examining debates and controversies over genbun itchi (unification of written and spoken languages) and other language reform movements, Lee discusses the contributions of Ueda Kazutoshi (1867-1937) and Hoshina Koichi (1872-1955) in the creation of kokugo and moves us one step closer to understanding how the ideology of kokugo cast a spell over linguistic identity in modern Japan. She examines the notion of the unshakable homogeneity of the Japanese language-a belief born of the political climate of early-twentieth-century Japan and its colonization of other East Asian countries-urging us to pay attention to the linguistic consciousness that underlies "scientific" scholarship and language policies. Her critical discussion of the construction of kokugo uncovers a strain of cultural nationalism that has been long nurtured in Japan's education system and academic traditions. The ideology of kokugo, argues Lee, must be recognized both as an academic apparatus and a political concept.The Ideology of Kokugo was the first work to explore Japan's linguistic consciousness at the dawn of its modernization. It will therefore be of interest to not only linguists, but also historians, anthropologists, political scientists, and scholars in the fields of education and cultural studies.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Language and the Imagined Community -- Introduction: The Japanese Language before Kokugo: Views of Mori Arinori and Baba Tatsui -- PART I: Kokugo Issues in Early Meiji -- Chapter 1. Perspectives on Kokuji, the National Script -- Chapter 2. Genbun Itchi and Kokugo -- Chapter 3. The Creation of Kokugo -- Part II: Ueda Kazutoshi and His Ideas about Language -- Chapter 4. The Early Period of Ueda Kazutoshi -- Chapter 5. Kokugo and Kokka -- Chapter 6. From Kokugo Studies to Kokugo Politics -- Part III: Kokugogaku and Linguistics -- Chapter 7. Hoshina Kōichi-a Forgotten Scholar -- Chapter 8. The History of Kokugogaku -- Chapter 9. Tradition and Reform in Kokugo -- Part IV: Hoshina Ko-ichi and His Language Policies -- Chapter 10. The Ideology of Hyōjungo -- Chapter 11. Korea and Poland -- Chapter 12. What Is Assimilation? -- Chapter 13. Manchukuo and the State Language -- Chapter 14. Language for the Co-Prosperity Sphere and the Internationalization of the Japanese Language -- Chapter 15. Conclusion -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author and Translator

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Available for the first time in English, The Ideology of Kokugo: Nationalizing Language in Modern Japan (1996) is Lee Yeounsuk's award-winning look at the history and ideology behind the construction of kokugo (national language). Prior to the Meiji Period (1868-1912), the idea of a single, unified Japanese language did not exist. Only as Japan was establishing itself as a modern nation-state and an empire with expanding colonies did there arise the need for a national language to construct and sustain its national identity.Re-examining debates and controversies over genbun itchi (unification of written and spoken languages) and other language reform movements, Lee discusses the contributions of Ueda Kazutoshi (1867-1937) and Hoshina Koichi (1872-1955) in the creation of kokugo and moves us one step closer to understanding how the ideology of kokugo cast a spell over linguistic identity in modern Japan. She examines the notion of the unshakable homogeneity of the Japanese language-a belief born of the political climate of early-twentieth-century Japan and its colonization of other East Asian countries-urging us to pay attention to the linguistic consciousness that underlies "scientific" scholarship and language policies. Her critical discussion of the construction of kokugo uncovers a strain of cultural nationalism that has been long nurtured in Japan's education system and academic traditions. The ideology of kokugo, argues Lee, must be recognized both as an academic apparatus and a political concept.The Ideology of Kokugo was the first work to explore Japan's linguistic consciousness at the dawn of its modernization. It will therefore be of interest to not only linguists, but also historians, anthropologists, political scientists, and scholars in the fields of education and cultural studies.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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