RE: tlug: kanji or romaji for Japanese?

["Olinsky, Craig" <olinskyc@example.com>]

	Since there seem to be some intensely interested in this "guron", I
thought I'd pass along some useful references (All _highly_ recommended):

	On "getting rid of" kanji and computer usage:

	   The Fifth Generation Fallacy : Why Japan Is Betting Its Future on
Artificial Intelligence
	   J. Marshall Unger
	   Oxford U Press, 1988

	   Asia's Orthographic Dilemma
	   William Hannas
	   U of Hawaii Press, 1997

	On post-war educational tests with Romaji or kana-only:

	   Literacy and Script Reform in Occupation Japan : Reading Between
the Lines 
	   J. Marshall Unger
	   Oxford U Press, 1996

	  Kanji Politics : Language Policy and Japanese Script (Japanese
Studies) 
	  Nanette Gottlieb 
	  Kegan Paul, 1996

	thanks,
	craig (olinskyc@example.com)

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