Politicization of script in Taiwan

Language Log 2025-01-03

Summary:

This was inevitable: Kaohsiung university faces backlash over simplified Chinese exam:Education ministry says faculty member's business card listing ‘Taiwan Province, China’ is ‘inappropriate’ by Charlotte Lee, Taiwan News (1/3/25) (article in Mandarin) The language is the same; it's only the script that is different — but that really matters:  Think Hindi-Urdu, Serbo-Croatian, Hangul-Hanja, Maltese-Arabic. TAIPEI […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67735&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=politicization-of-script-in-taiwan

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

01/03/2025, 18:11

Date published:

01/03/2025, 13:47