Old Japanese - A Phonetic Reconstruction

Informationen zum Autor Marc Hideo Miyake Klappentext What did eighth-century Japanese sound like? How does one decode its complex script? This book provides the definitive answers to these questions using an unprecedented range of data from the past and the present. Zusammenfassung What did eighth-century Japanese sound like? How does one decode its complex script? This book provides the definitive answers to these questions using an unprecedented range of data from the past and the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations, Acknowledgments, Abbreviations, symbols, and conventions, 1 Introduction, 2 Early transcriptions of Japanese, 3 Previous research on phonograms, 4 Japanese phonology through time, 5 Old Chinese, Middle Chinese, and Sinoxenic, 6 Goals and methodology, 7 The reconstruction of Old Japanese consonants, 8 The reconstruction of Old Japanese vowels, 9 Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: Marc Hideo Miyake, Miyake Marc Hideo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2013
• EAN: 9780415859912
• ISBN: 978-0-415-85991-2
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Japan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Regional / International studies, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Phonetics, phonology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Literature: history and criticism, Historical and comparative linguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General