Issues in Japanese Phonologoy and Morphology

The book contains a number of studies in Japanese phonology and morphology, all analyses by leading scholars in the field. It presents an overview of the work that has been done in Japan and other countries and offers new solutions to long-standing problems. In the phonology chapters, it focuses on segmental as well as suprasegmental issues, including voicing and tone, approaching these issues from a variety of perspectives, including Optimality Theory and Government Phonology. In the morphology chapters, attention is given to truncation patterns and the possibilities for compound formation.

About the author

Jeroen van de Weijer is Assistant Professor at Leiden University, Holland Institute of Generative Linguistics. Tetsuo Nishihara is Associate Professor at Nagano Prefectural College, Nagano, Japan.

Product details

• Assisted by: Nishihara (Editor), Nishihara (Editor), Tetsuo Nishihara (Editor), Jeroe Weijer (Editor), Jeroen Weijer (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9783110169584
• ISBN: 978-3-11-016958-4
• No. of pages: 403
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 31 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 718 g
• Series: Studies in Generative Grammar; Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]; Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures