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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780812202168
035 _a(DE-B1597)449075
035 _a(OCoLC)979631040
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072 7 _aSOC002010
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082 0 4 _a495
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aHannas, William C.
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Writing on the Wall :
_bHow Asian Orthography Curbs Creativity /
_cWilliam C. Hannas.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c©2003
300 _a1 online resource (360 p.) :
_b7 illus.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aEncounters with Asia
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. Japan's Creative Imitations --
_t2. Sources of Chinese Innovation --
_t3. Korean Technology Transfer --
_t4. Asia's Creativity Problem --
_t5. The Anatomy of Creativity --
_t6. Creativity and the Alphabet --
_t7. Asia's Orthographic Tradition --
_t8. The Concrete Nature of Asian Writing --
_t9. The Impact of Language on Creativity --
_t10. Chinese Characters and Creativity --
_t11. Creativity and East Asian Society --
_t12. Conclusion --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex --
_tAcknowledgments
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aStudents in Japan, China, and Korea are among the world's top performers on standardized math and science tests. The nations of East Asia are also leading manufacturers of consumer goods that incorporate scientific breakthroughs in telecommunications, optics, and transportation. Yet there is a startling phenomenon known throughout Asia as the "creativity problem." While East Asians are able to use science, they have not demonstrated the ability to invent radically new systems and paradigms that lead to new technologies. In fact, the legal and illegal transfer of technology from the West to the East is one of the most contentious international business issues. Yet Asians who study and work in the West and depend upon Western languages for their research are among the most creative and talented scientists, no less so than their Western counterparts.William C. Hannas contends that this paradox emerges from the nature of East Asian writing systems, which are character-based rather than alphabetic. Character-based orthographies, according to the author, lack the abstract features of alphabetic writing that model the thought processes necessary for scientific creativity. When first learning to read, children who are immersed in a character-based culture are at a huge disadvantage because such writing systems do not cultivate the ability for abstract thought. Despite the overwhelming body of evidence that points to the cognitive side-effects, the cultural importance of character-based writing makes the adoption of an alphabet unlikely in the near future.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022)
650 4 _aPhilology and Linguistics.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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653 _aAfrican Studies.
653 _aAnthropology.
653 _aAsian Studies.
653 _aFolklore.
653 _aLanguages.
653 _aLinguistics.
653 _aMiddle Eastern Studies.
653 _aPhilology and Linguistics.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.9783/9780812202168
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812202168
856 4 2 _3Cover
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