The Changing Role of Katakana in the Japanese Writing System

By Yuko Igarashi

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3639011333
• ISBN13: 9783639011333
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"