Proto-Japanese
Issues and Prospects
1st Edition
Published on 13. March 2008
VII, 229 pages
978-90-272-9162-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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- 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
