Proto-Japanese : issues and prospects / edited by Bjarke Frellesvig, John Whitman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frellesvig, Bjarke.

Whitman, John, 1954-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 294.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 294

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese language--Morphophonemics.

Japanese language.

Japanese language--Variation.

Ryukyuan language--Phonetics.

Ryukyuan language.

Physical Description:

vi, 229 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Proto-Japanese is the reconstructed language stage from which all later varieties of Japanese, including Ryukyuan, descend. It has been studied both as an end in itself (as the genetic code of the Japanese language) and as part of endeavors to clarify the genetic affiliation of Japanese. Based on the state of the field, especially as represented in Samuel E. Martin's seminal work The Japanese Language Through Time (1987), this volume singles out key areas in the reconstruction of proto-Japanese where salient progress has been or promises to be made since Martin. Contributions were invited from scholars working on the following areas: segmental phonology, use of dialect evidence, accent, morphology, and syntax. While the book first of all presents new research which advances our understanding of proto-Japanese, it also gives an overview over the state of the art in the field and its main issues.

Contents:

Proto-Japanese

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Contents

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

ABBREVIATIONS

PART I. RECONSTRUCTING THE BASIC PHONEME INVENTORY

1. EVIDENCE FOR SEVEN VOWELS IN PROTO-JAPANESE

2. EARLY JAPANESE LEXICAL STRATA AND THE ALLOPHONES OF /g/

PART II. USE OF DIALECTS IN RECONSTRUCTION

3. PROTO-JAPANESE AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIALECTS

4. THE USES OF RYUKYUAN IN UNDERSTANDING JAPANESELANGUAGE HISTORY1

PART III. RECONSTRUCTING ACCENT

5. ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PROTO-ACCENTUAL SYSTEMOF JAPANESE1

6. A RECONSTRUCTION OF PROTO-JAPANESE ACCENT FORDISYLLABIC NOUNSFOCUSING ON THE PROBLEM OF SUBCLASSES

7. PROTO-JAPANESE BEYOND THE ACCENT SYSTEM

PART IV. RECONSTRUCTING MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX

8. THE SOURCE OF THE BIGRADE CONJUGATION AND STEM SHAPEIN PRE-OLD JAPANESE

9. ON RECONSTRUCTION OF PROTO-JAPANESE AND PRE-OLDJAPANESE VERB INFLECTION

10. THE NOMINAL AND ADNOMINAL FORMS IN OLD JAPANESECONSEQUENCES FOR A RECONSTRUCTION OF PRE-OLD JAPANESE SYNTAX

REFERENCES

INDEX

The series CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index.

ISBN:

9786612152283

9781282152281

1282152289

9789027291622

9027291624

OCLC:

648354254