Descriptive Grammar and Diachrony of Kurima

A comprehensive descriptive grammar of a moribund insular variety of Miyako-Ryukyuan, rich in noteworthy typological features. Comparative contextualization of the linguistic data provides valuable insights into the history of Japonic languages.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Aleksandra Jarosz is a Japanologist and Ryukyuanist focusing on historical-comparative linguistics and language documentation. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2016 at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Currently she is associate professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Recent publications include Demography, trade and state power: a tripartite model of medieval farming/language dispersals in the Ryukyu Islands (2022, co-authored with Mark Hudson et al.), Common Kyushu-Ryukyuan substratum in maritime vocabulary: a preliminary analysis (2023, co-authored with Georg Orlandi), and The syncretism of passive and potential marking in Japonic seen through modern South Ryukyuan languages (2023).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Aleksandra Jarosz
• Verlag: de Gruyter Brill
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.12.2023
• EAN: 9789004680531
• ISBN: 978-90-04-68053-1
• Seiten: 756
• Abmessung: 165 mm x 246 mm x 46 mm
• Gewicht: 1202 g
• Serie: Languages of Asia
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft