Unger (Japanese, Ohio State U.) offers a fresh perspective as he addresses doubts many scholars have regarding a genetic relationship between proto-Korean and proto-Japanese languages. His study incor
Unger (East Asian languages and literature, Ohio State U.) dispels the myth that Chinese characters directly convey meaning without any reference to specific languages and cultural contexts. Written
During the period of national isolation, a mathematical tradition called wasan flourished in Japan. Though virtually unknown to Europeans before the Meiji Restoration, its practitioners, the wasanka,
This book challenges the widespread belief that overzealous Americans forced unnecessary script reforms on an unprepared, unenthusiastic, but helpless Japan during the Occupation. Unger presents negle
