Romanization of vernaculars in Vietnam and Korea in place of the traditional Chinese characters may have seemed a perfect path toward modernity at the time, in the age of ICT today when information bandwidth and speed reign, it's worth a second look. https
Flattered. Thanks so much for this! 🙏
In the latest issue of the #European_Journal_of_sociology available online (61_2_2020), read @jeffreyweng "End of an Era: Transforming Language and Society in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, c. 1870-1950" @CUP_Anthro_Soc @INSHS_CNRS https://t.co/VcopkQBWcj ht
@heavyredaction Fun topic. Lots of neologisms from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many by way of Japan. Lydia Liu is the go-to writer for this on China. Shameless self-promotion of a recent article of mine: https://t.co/MAgPHw0IgU