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Koreo-Japonica : a re-evaluation of a common genetic origin / Alexander Vovin.

LIBRA PL912 .V59 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Vovin, Alexander.
Series:
Hawaiʻi studies on Korea
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Korean language--Grammar, Comparative--Japanese.
Korean language.
Ryukyuan language--Grammar, Comparative--Korean.
Ryukyuan language.
Japanese language--Grammar, Comparative--Korean.
Japanese language.
Korean language--Etymology.
Ryukyuan language--Etymology.
Japanese language--Dialects--Japan--Okinawa-ken.
Comparative linguistics.
Japanese language--Dialects.
Language and languages--Etymology.
Japan--Okinawa-ken.
Physical Description:
xvi, 278 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press : Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaiʻi, [2010]
Contents:
Chapter 1 Proto-Korean And Proto-Japonic Reconstructions And Their Role In The Comparison Of The Two Languages 11
1.1 Recent Advances In Proto-Korean Reconstruction 11
1.1.1 Middle Korean aspirates are from clusters 11
1.1.2 Proto-Korean did not have vowel harmony 11
1.1.3 A new look at lenition in Middle Korean 12
1.2 Recent Advances In Proto-Japonic Reconstruction 32
1.2.1 Six or seven, not four vowels in Proto-Japonic 32
1.2.2 Another look at PJ *b- and *d 36
Chapter 2 Morphological Comparisons 45
2.1 Nominal Morphology 45
2.1.1 Case marking 45
2.1.2 Pronouns 62
2.2 Adjectives 71
2.3 Verbal Morphology 73
2.3.1 The odd nature of the copula tö 73
2.3.2 Verbal markers 77
Chapter 3 Lexical Comparisons 92
3.1 Doublets In Western Old Japanese 92
3.2 Whitman's Lexical Comparisons 94
3.2.1 *p 94
3.2.2 *b 111
3.2.3 *t 113
3.2.4 *d 126
3.2.5 *k 128
3.2.6 *c 161
3.2.7 *j 169
3.2.8 *s 172
3.2.9 *z 186
3.2.10 *š 186
3.2.11 *m 190
3.2.12 *n 203
3.2.13 *y 218
3.2.14 *a 222
3.2.15 *Ü-,*Ö 229
3.2.16 *u-,*O 231
3.2.17 *e 233
3.2.18 *i 236
3.3 Statistical Summary Of Lexical Comparisons And Conclusion 237.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
9780824832780
0824832787
OCLC:
265731844

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