A Thoroughly Modern Tongue: Electronic Media Are Changing Japanese
"Now the Japanese language is being transformed by blogs, e-mail and keitai shosetsu, or cellphone novels. … So what do these changes mean for a language long defined by indirect locutions and long, leisurely sentences that drift from the top of the page? Is Japanese getting simpler, easier or just worse?" New York Times Book Review 11/08/09

Posted November 11, 2009 09:43 PM