The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages / / J. Marshall Unger.
Despite decades of research on the reconstruction of proto-Korean-Japanese (pKJ), some scholars still reject a genetic relationship. This study addresses their doubts in a new way, interpreting comparative linguistic data within a context of material and cultural evidence, much of which has come to...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9780824891015 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)663190 (OCoLC)1408681996 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Unger, J. Marshall, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages / J. Marshall Unger. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2023] ©2009 1 online resource (224 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Introduction -- 1 Contact Hypotheses and Their Consequences -- 2 Critical Assessment of the pKJ Reconstruction -- 3 Convergence Theories -- 4 Japanese Borrowings from Old Korean 4 Japanese Borrowings from Old Korean -- 5 Syncretism in Japanese Mythology -- 6 The Korean Role in the Rise of Kofun Culture -- 7 Languages in Contact with Early Japanese -- Works Cited -- Indexes restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Despite decades of research on the reconstruction of proto-Korean-Japanese (pKJ), some scholars still reject a genetic relationship. This study addresses their doubts in a new way, interpreting comparative linguistic data within a context of material and cultural evidence, much of which has come to light only in recent years. The weaknesses of the reconstruction, according to J. Marshall Unger, are due to the early date at which pKJ split apart and to lexical material that the pre-Korean and pre-Japanese branches later borrowed from different languages to their north and south, respectively. Unger shows that certain Old Japanese words must have been borrowed from Korean from the fourth century C.E., only a few centuries after the completion of the Yayoi migrations, which brought wet-field rice cultivation to Kyushu from southern Korea. That leaves too short an interval for the growth of two distinct languages by the time they resumed active contact. Hence, concludes Unger, the original separation occurred on the peninsula much earlier, prior to reliance on paddy rice and the rise of metallurgy. Non-Korean elements in ancient peninsular place names were vestiges of pre-Yayoi Japanese language, according to Unger, who questions the assumption that Korean developed exclusively from the language of Silla. He argues instead that the rulers of Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla all spoke varieties of Old Korean, which became the common language of the peninsula as their kingdoms overwhelmed its older culture and vied for dominance.Was the separation so early as to vitiate the hypothesis of a common source language? Unger responds that, while assuming non-relationship obviates difficulties of pKJ reconstruction, it fares worse than the genetic hypothesis in relation to non-linguistic findings, and fails to explain a significant number of grammatical as well as lexical similarities. Though improving the reconstruction of pKJ will be challenging, he argues, the theory of genetic relationship is still the better working hypothesis. The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages shows how an interdisciplinary approach can shed light on a difficult case in which the separation of two languages lies close to the time horizon of the comparative method. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024) Japanese language Etymology. Japanese language Grammar, Comparative Korean. Korean language Etymology. Korean language Grammar, Comparative Japanese. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Japanese. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110663259 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824891015 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824891015 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824891015/original |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Unger, J. Marshall, Unger, J. Marshall, |
spellingShingle |
Unger, J. Marshall, Unger, J. Marshall, The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Introduction -- 1 Contact Hypotheses and Their Consequences -- 2 Critical Assessment of the pKJ Reconstruction -- 3 Convergence Theories -- 4 Japanese Borrowings from Old Korean 4 Japanese Borrowings from Old Korean -- 5 Syncretism in Japanese Mythology -- 6 The Korean Role in the Rise of Kofun Culture -- 7 Languages in Contact with Early Japanese -- Works Cited -- Indexes |
author_facet |
Unger, J. Marshall, Unger, J. Marshall, |
author_variant |
j m u jm jmu j m u jm jmu |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Unger, J. Marshall, |
title |
The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages / |
title_full |
The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages / J. Marshall Unger. |
title_fullStr |
The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages / J. Marshall Unger. |
title_full_unstemmed |
The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages / J. Marshall Unger. |
title_auth |
The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Introduction -- 1 Contact Hypotheses and Their Consequences -- 2 Critical Assessment of the pKJ Reconstruction -- 3 Convergence Theories -- 4 Japanese Borrowings from Old Korean 4 Japanese Borrowings from Old Korean -- 5 Syncretism in Japanese Mythology -- 6 The Korean Role in the Rise of Kofun Culture -- 7 Languages in Contact with Early Japanese -- Works Cited -- Indexes |
title_new |
The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages / |
title_sort |
the role of contact in the origins of the japanese and korean languages / |
publisher |
University of Hawaii Press, |
publishDate |
2023 |
physical |
1 online resource (224 p.) |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Introduction -- 1 Contact Hypotheses and Their Consequences -- 2 Critical Assessment of the pKJ Reconstruction -- 3 Convergence Theories -- 4 Japanese Borrowings from Old Korean 4 Japanese Borrowings from Old Korean -- 5 Syncretism in Japanese Mythology -- 6 The Korean Role in the Rise of Kofun Culture -- 7 Languages in Contact with Early Japanese -- Works Cited -- Indexes |
isbn |
9780824891015 9783110663259 |
callnumber-first |
P - Language and Literature |
callnumber-subject |
PL - Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
callnumber-label |
PL525 |
callnumber-sort |
PL 3525.2 U54 42009 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824891015 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824891015 https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824891015/original |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
400 - Language |
dewey-tens |
490 - Other languages |
dewey-ones |
495 - Languages of East & Southeast Asia |
dewey-full |
495.6/2 |
dewey-sort |
3495.6 12 |
dewey-raw |
495.6/2 |
dewey-search |
495.6/2 |
doi_str_mv |
10.1515/9780824891015 |
oclc_num |
1408681996 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT ungerjmarshall theroleofcontactintheoriginsofthejapaneseandkoreanlanguages AT ungerjmarshall roleofcontactintheoriginsofthejapaneseandkoreanlanguages |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)663190 (OCoLC)1408681996 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 |
is_hierarchy_title |
The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 |
_version_ |
1806143498928259072 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>05172nam a22006375i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9780824891015</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20240306125748.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">240306t20232009hiu fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780824891015</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1515/9780824891015</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)663190</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1408681996</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">hiu</subfield><subfield code="c">US-HI</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">PL525.2</subfield><subfield code="b">.U54 2009</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">FOR014000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">495.6/2</subfield><subfield code="2">22</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Unger, J. Marshall, </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages /</subfield><subfield code="c">J. Marshall Unger.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Honolulu : </subfield><subfield code="b">University of Hawaii Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2023]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2009</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (224 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Acknowledgments -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Conventions -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Introduction -- </subfield><subfield code="t">1 Contact Hypotheses and Their Consequences -- </subfield><subfield code="t">2 Critical Assessment of the pKJ Reconstruction -- </subfield><subfield code="t">3 Convergence Theories -- </subfield><subfield code="t">4 Japanese Borrowings from Old Korean 4 Japanese Borrowings from Old Korean -- </subfield><subfield code="t">5 Syncretism in Japanese Mythology -- </subfield><subfield code="t">6 The Korean Role in the Rise of Kofun Culture -- </subfield><subfield code="t">7 Languages in Contact with Early Japanese -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Works Cited -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Indexes</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Despite decades of research on the reconstruction of proto-Korean-Japanese (pKJ), some scholars still reject a genetic relationship. This study addresses their doubts in a new way, interpreting comparative linguistic data within a context of material and cultural evidence, much of which has come to light only in recent years. The weaknesses of the reconstruction, according to J. Marshall Unger, are due to the early date at which pKJ split apart and to lexical material that the pre-Korean and pre-Japanese branches later borrowed from different languages to their north and south, respectively. Unger shows that certain Old Japanese words must have been borrowed from Korean from the fourth century C.E., only a few centuries after the completion of the Yayoi migrations, which brought wet-field rice cultivation to Kyushu from southern Korea. That leaves too short an interval for the growth of two distinct languages by the time they resumed active contact. Hence, concludes Unger, the original separation occurred on the peninsula much earlier, prior to reliance on paddy rice and the rise of metallurgy. Non-Korean elements in ancient peninsular place names were vestiges of pre-Yayoi Japanese language, according to Unger, who questions the assumption that Korean developed exclusively from the language of Silla. He argues instead that the rulers of Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla all spoke varieties of Old Korean, which became the common language of the peninsula as their kingdoms overwhelmed its older culture and vied for dominance.Was the separation so early as to vitiate the hypothesis of a common source language? Unger responds that, while assuming non-relationship obviates difficulties of pKJ reconstruction, it fares worse than the genetic hypothesis in relation to non-linguistic findings, and fails to explain a significant number of grammatical as well as lexical similarities. Though improving the reconstruction of pKJ will be challenging, he argues, the theory of genetic relationship is still the better working hypothesis. The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages shows how an interdisciplinary approach can shed light on a difficult case in which the separation of two languages lies close to the time horizon of the comparative method.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Japanese language</subfield><subfield code="x">Etymology.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Japanese language</subfield><subfield code="x">Grammar, Comparative</subfield><subfield code="x">Korean.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Korean language</subfield><subfield code="x">Etymology.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Korean language</subfield><subfield code="x">Grammar, Comparative</subfield><subfield code="x">Japanese.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Japanese.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110663259</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824891015</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824891015</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824891015/original</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-066325-9 University of Hawaii Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015</subfield><subfield code="c">2000</subfield><subfield code="d">2015</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_LS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_LS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |