The Languages of Japan

Klappentext This book is a detailed survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan, Japanese and Ainu. No genetic relationship has been established between them, and structurally they differ significantly. Professor Shibatani has therefore divided his study into two independent parts. The first is a most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language. The second part deals extensively with Japanese. It discusses topics from the evolution of the writing system and the differences between men's and women's speech, to issues of greater theoretical complexity, such as phonology, the lexicon and word-formation, and the syntax of agglutinative morphology. As an American-trained scholar in Japan, the author is in an unique postion that affords him a dual perspective on language deriving from Western linguistic scholarship and the Japanese grammatical tradition. Zusammenfassung This book is a detailed survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan! Japanese and Ainu. The first part of this study is a most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language. The second part deals extensively with Japanese. It discusses topics from the evolution of the writing system to issues of greater theoretical complexity. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; Preface; List of abbreviations used in glosses; Part I. The Ainu Language: 1. Introduction; 2. Sound structure; 3. Grammatical structure; Part II. The Japanese Language: 4. Introduction; 5. Genetic affiliation; 6. History; 7. Lexicon; 8. Phonology; 9. Dialects; 10. Word formation; 11. Grammatical structure; 12. Epilogue; References; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Masayoshi Shibatani, Masayoshi (Rice University Shibatani, Shibatani Masayoshi
• Edition: External catalogues UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 26.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521360708
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36070-8
• Thèmes: Cambridge Language Surveys; Cambridge Studies in Medieval; Cambridge Language Surveys
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Formation pour adultes/université populaire > Matériel de cours/formation adultes langue; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature; South East Asia, East Asia, Far East, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics