The language of the old-Okinawan Omoro Sōshi : : reference grammar with textual selections /

The language of the old-Okinawan Omoro Sōshi : : reference grammar with textual selections / / Leon A. Serafim, Rumiko Shinzato.

The Omoro Sōshi (1531-1623) is an indispensable resource for historical linguistic comparison of Old Okinawan with other Ryukyuan languages and Old Japanese. Leon A Serafim and Rumiko Shinzato offer a reference grammar, including detailed phonological analyses, of the otherwise opaque and dense poe...

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Superior document:Languages of Asia ; 21
VerfasserIn:
Serafim, Leon Angelo,
Shinzato, Rumiko,
TeilnehmendeR:
Shinzato, Rumiko,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Languages of Asia ; 21.
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Abbreviations and Conventions
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1 What is the Omoro Sōshi ?
  • 2 Types of omoro
  • 3 Versions
  • 4 Song Structure
  • 5 Overview of the Omoro Language
  • 2 Spelling System and Phonology
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Reconstruction Methodology
  • 3 Suprasegmentals
  • 4 Consonants
  • 5 Processes
  • 6 Meter in Omoros
  • 7 The Question of External Evidence and Its Relation to That Presented Here
  • 8 Coda
  • 3 Lexicon
  • 1 PJ Origin
  • 2 Loans from MJ
  • 3 Loans from Sino-Japanese
  • 4 Loans from Korean
  • 5 Origins Unknown
  • 6 Mishōgo (MO, Meanings Obscure)
  • 4 Nominals
  • 1 Nouns
  • 2 Pronouns
  • 3 Numerals
  • 4 Nominal Prefixes
  • 5 Nominal Suffixes
  • 5 Adjectives
  • 1 What is an Adjective?
  • 2 Evolution of Adjectives
  • 3 Functional Differences between/among Types
  • 4 Functions as Modifiers, Predicates, or Noun Formatives
  • 6 Verbs
  • 1 Conjugation Types
  • 2 History of Conjugational Merger: ra-gyō yodan-ka
  • 3 Functional Split ( mz )
  • 4 Development of the Gerund
  • 7 Auxiliaries
  • 1 Passive/Exalting/Spontaneous -ari(·r)- ~ -uyi(·r)-
  • 2 Causative/Exalting -as-
  • 3 Negative -azɨ ~ -aɴ ~ -an-
  • 4 Negative -adana
  • 5 The Optative/Counterfactual Auxiliary -(a)masyi
  • 6 Inference/Intention: -aɴ , -a , and -ami
  • 7 Negative Inferential/Intentional -umazyi
  • 8 Past -syi
  • 9 Perfect -t˚ar- , -c˚yar- , -dar- , -ʣyar-
  • 10 Emphatic Locative: -ʔac˚ɨr-u
  • 11 Progressive: -ur-
  • 12 Progressive/Perfective -yaaryi
  • 13 Copula: -yar- , -nar-
  • 14 The Exalting Auxiliary Verb -(u)wa·r/s-
  • 15 Humilific Auxiliary -abir-
  • 16 Humilific Auxiliary tʰat°imac°ɨr-
  • References
  • Index.

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