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Title The Languages of Japan and Korea
Published Taylor & Francis 2012

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Description 1 online resource (545 pages)
Contents COVER; THE LANGUAGES OF JAPAN AND KOREA; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEMS; PART I PRELIMINARIES; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION: TYPOLOGY AND AREA IN JAPAN AND KOREA; CHAPTER TWO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JAPANESE AND KOREAN; PART II KOREAN; CHAPTER THREE OLD KOREAN; CHAPTER FOUR MIDDLE KOREAN; CHAPTER FIVE MODERN KOREAN; CHAPTER SIX KOREAN DIALECTS: A GENERAL SURVEY; PART III JAPANESE; CHAPTER SEVEN OLD JAPANESE; CHAPTER EIGHT CLASSICAL JAPANESE; CHAPTER NINE LATE MIDDLE JAPANESE; CHAPTER TEN MODERN JAPANESE
CHAPTER ELEVEN JAPANESE DIALECTS: FOCUSING ON TSURUOKA AND EIPART IV RYUKYUAN; CHAPTER TWELVE NORTHERN RYUKYUAN; CHAPTER THIRTEEN SOUTHERN RYUKYUAN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN YONAGUNI; PART V AINU; CHAPTER FIFTEEN SOUTHERN HOKKAIDO AINU; INDEX
Summary The Languages of Japan and Korea provides detailed descriptions of the major varieties of languages in the region, both modern and pre-modern, within a common format, producing a long-needed introductory reference source. Korean, Japanese, Ainu, and representative members of the three main groupings of the Ryukyuan chain are discussed for the first time in a single work.The volume is divided into language sketches, the majority of which are broken down into sections on phonology, orthography, morphology, syntax and lexicon. Specific emphasis is placed on those aspects of syntactic interest, such as speech levels, honorifics and classifiers, which are commonly underplayed in other descriptions of Modern Japanese and Korean. Each language is represented in Roman-based transcription, although its own script (where there is such an orthography) and IPA transcriptions are used sparingly where appropriate.The dialects of both the modern and oldest forms of the languages are given extensive treatment, with a primary focus on the differences from the standard language.These synchronic snapshots are complemented by a discussion of both the genetic and areal relationships between languages in the region
Subject Japanese language -- Grammar
Korean language -- Grammar
Japanese language -- Grammar.
Korean language -- Grammar.
Language and languages.
SUBJECT Japan -- Languages. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002999
Korea -- Languages. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87005761
Ryukyu Islands -- Languages
Subject Japan.
Japan -- Ryukyu Islands.
Korea.
Form Electronic book
Author Tranter, Nicolas.
ISBN 128087449X
9781280874499