Descriptive grammar and diachrony of Kurima : a minority South Ryukyuan language of the Miyako Islands / by Aleksandra Jarosz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jarosz, Aleksandra, author.

Series:

Languages of Asia series ; v. 29.

Languages of Asia series ; volume 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ryukyuan language--Dialects--Japan--Miyako Islands.

Ryukyuan language.

Ryukyuan language--Dialects--Grammar.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 729 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

"Spoken on Kurima, a miniscule island in the Miyakojima municipality in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, Kurima-Miyako is a South Ryukyuan topolect, a regional variant of the Miyako language. With most fluent speakers aged 80 or older and the island's depopulation progressing, the topolect of Kurima faces imminent extinction, a reflection of a common pattern in the Ryukyus, whereupon the vernaculars of small islands and isolated remote areas have been facing multifold minorization for decades on the part of the dominant variety/varieties of the area (Shimoji and Hirara in the case of Kurima), Okinawan, and standard Japanese. Responding to the urgent task of producing a comprehensive description while it still has native speakers, the present volume is the first ever attempt at a systemic presentation of the Kurima topolect in any language. It also uses comparative evidence from Ryukyuan and Mainland Japonic languages to provide new proto-language reconstructions and offer insights into the history of Japonic languages"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The language and its speakers

Phonology

Morphology

Syntax

Lexicon

Comparative perspectives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Jarosz, Aleksandra. Descriptive grammar and diachrony of Kurima

ISBN:

9789004680531

9004680535

OCLC:

1395539287

Publisher Number:

90101086293