| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 229 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 294 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 294. 0304-0763
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Proto-Japanese; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; ABBREVIATIONS; PART I. RECONSTRUCTING THE BASIC PHONEME INVENTORY; 1. EVIDENCE FOR SEVEN VOWELS IN PROTO-JAPANESE; 2. EARLY JAPANESE LEXICAL STRATA AND THE ALLOPHONES OF /g/; PART II. USE OF DIALECTS IN RECONSTRUCTION; 3. PROTO-JAPANESE AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIALECTS; 4. THE USES OF RYUKYUAN IN UNDERSTANDING JAPANESELANGUAGE HISTORY1; PART III. RECONSTRUCTING ACCENT; 5. ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PROTO-ACCENTUAL SYSTEMOF JAPANESE1 |
| Summary |
Proto-Japanese is the reconstructed language stage from which all later varieties of Japanese, including Ryukyuan, descend. It has been studied both as an end in itself (as the genetic code of the Japanese language) and as part of endeavors to clarify the genetic affiliation of Japanese. Based on the state of the field, especially as represented in Samuel E. Martin's seminal work The Japanese Language Through Time (1987), this volume singles out key areas in the reconstruction of proto-Japanese where salient progress has been or promises to be made since Martin. Contributions were invited from |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Japanese language -- Morphophonemics
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Japanese language -- Variation
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Ryukyuan language -- Phonetics
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Japanese.
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Japanese language -- Variation
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Frellesvig, Bjarke.
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Whitman, John.
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| LC no. |
2007049685 |
| ISBN |
9789027291622 |
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9027291624 |
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1282152289 |
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9781282152281 |
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9786612152283 |
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6612152281 |
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