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Polysemy of 'Common Language' and the Modern Japanese Nation: The Universalization of a 'Standard Language' to correct 'Dialects'?
2021
Acta Linguistica Asiatica
In this paper, the term futsūgo (common language) was viewed over two periods. The first period (1880s-1894) was concerned with education but aimed to establish everyday, commonplace language and script that was familiar to the populace. However, by the 1890s, the policy of Europeanization was being reconsidered, and national consciousness was on the rise. The second period (1894-early 1900s), with the start of the Sino-Japanese War, saw an increase in the national consciousness in
doi:10.4312/ala.11.1.9-24
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