The old Japanese complement system : : a synchronic and diachronic study / / Janick Wrona.

• Superior document: Languages of Asia series ; 4
• Author: Wrona, Janick, 1971-
• Place / Publishing House: Folkestone, England : : Global Oriental,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Languages of Asia 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (552 pages) :; illustrations, tables.
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

The present study is the first large-scale investigation of the syntax of Old Japanese (mainly eighth-century Japanese). It gives a detailed account of complement clauses and related constructions in Old Japanese, based on an exhaustive investigation of the extant text corpus. The aim is twofold: first, to give a synchronic description of the types of complementation which are found in this period and of the system they are part of. Second, to address the diachronic issues of the origin of the Old Japanese complement system and more widely the pre-history of complementation in Japanese. Janick Wrona’s study will be of interest to historical linguists and Japanologists alike.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Nominal Complements and Related Usages of the Nominal Form -- Adnominal Complements and Related Usages of the Adnominal Form -- To-Complements -- Koto-Complements -- Other Complement Types -- The Old Japanese System of Complementation -- From Pre-Old Japanese to Old Japanese -- Conclusions -- References -- Index of Authors -- Index of Examples -- Index of Subjects.