Article published in:
Writing Systems: Past, present (… and future?)Edited by Terry Joyce and Robert Crellin
[Written Language & Literacy 22:2] 2019
► pp. 247–279
On the notions of graphematic representation and orthography from the perspective of the Japanese writing system
Terry Joyce | Tama University
Hisashi Masuda | Hiroshima Shudo University
This paper addresses two closely related topics for understanding the highly fungible nature of written Japanese.
The first is to consider the relative merits of the notions of graphematic representation and orthography with respect to the
Japanese writing system (JWS). The second issue is to advocate an inclusive notion of intentionality, which together with the
notion of conventionality, provides an approach to thinking about the pervasive nature of graphematic variation within the JWS.
Accordingly, the principle Japanese orthographic conventions are outlined in Part 3, while the more substantive Part 4 presents a
tentative classification of the various factors of intentionality that also exert considerable influence over contemporary written
Japanese.
Keywords: Japanese writing system, graphematic representation, orthography, graphematic solution space, conventionality, intentionality
Published online: 30 March 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.00028.joy
https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.00028.joy
References
References
Ariga, Chieko
Asahi, Shimbun
Backhaus, Peter
(2018, November 5). A hiragana-kanji mix can make reading a lot easier. Japan Times. Retrieved from https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2018/11/05/language/hiragana-kanji-mix-can-make-reading-lot-easier/#.W-H4ZJMzaMp
Backhouse, A. E.
Brumberger, Eva R.
Bunkachō [Agency for Cultural Affairs]
(2010) Jōyōkanjihyō [Jōyō kanji list]. Available at http://kokugo.bunka.go.jp/kokugo_nihongo/joho/kijun/naikaku/pdf/joyokanjihyo_20101130.pdf (13 September, 2018).
Davies, Eirlys E.
Desbordes, Françoise
Gottlieb, Nanette
Igarashi, Yuko
International Phonetic Alphabet
Iwahara, Akihiko, Takeshi Hatta, & Aiko Maehara
Joyce, Terry
[ p. 277 ]
Joyce, Terry, & Susanne R. Borgwaldt
Joyce, Terry, Bor Hodošček, & Kikuko Nishina
Joyce, Terry, Bor Hodošček, & Hisashi Masuda
Joyce, Terry, & Hisashi Masuda
Katz, Leonard, & Ram Frost
Kess, Joseph F., & Tadao Miyamoto
Konno, Shinji
Lurie, David B.
Maekawa, Kikuo, Makoto Yamazaki, Toshinobu Ogiso, Takeiko Maruyama, Hideki Ogura, Wakako Kashino, Hanae Koiso, Masaya Yamaguchi & Yasuharu Den
Mainichi Shimbun
Miller, Laura
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan
(1954) Rōmaji no tsudurikata [Rōmaji spelling]. Available at http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/nc/k19541209001/k19541209001.html (13 September, 2018).
(1986) Gendai kanazukai [Modern kana usage]. Available at http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/nc/t19860701002/t19860701002.html (13 September, 2018).
Neef, Martin
Ogura, Hideki, Toshinobu Ogiso, Hanae Koiso, Yutaka Hara, & Sayaka Miyauchi
(2010, March). Keitaiso kaiseki jisho UniDic ni okeru goiso midashi no rikkō hōshin [Criteria for the lemmatization of UniDic], Tokuteiryōiki kenkyū “nihongo kōpasu” heisei 21 nendo kōkai wākushoppu (Kenkyū seika hōkokukai) yokōshū [Priority-Area Research “Japanese Corpus”: Proceedings of the 2010 public workshop]. Tokyo: General Headquarters, Priority-Area Research “Japanese Corpus”.
Robertson, Wes
Robertson, Wesley C.
Sanseidō
(2016) Jisho o amu hito ga erabu ‘Kotoshi no shingo 2016’ [This year’s new words 2016: People who edit dictionaries selected]. Retrieved from https://dictionary.sanseido-publ.co.jp/topic/shingo2016/2016Best10.html
Sebba, Mark
Smith, Janet S.
Smith, Janet S. (Shibamoto), & David L. Schmidt
Taylor, Insup, & M. Martin Taylor
Tranter, Nicolas
Wetzel, Patricia J.
Yomiuri Shimbun
[ p. 279 ]