The accentual history of the Japanese and Ryukyuan languages : a reconstruction / / Moriyo Shimabukuro.
This book looks into the accentual history of the Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages. Applying the comparative method, the author has reconstructed the accentual history of the Japonic languages. The reconstruction is based on modern dialects of Japanese and Ryukyuan, and also on historical materia...
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Languages of Asia series ; v. 2 |
|---|---|
| : | |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Languages of Asia series ;
v. 2. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | This book looks into the accentual history of the Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages. Applying the comparative method, the author has reconstructed the accentual history of the Japonic languages. The reconstruction is based on modern dialects of Japanese and Ryukyuan, and also on historical materials. The investigation of ‘natural accent changes’ has allowed the author to formalize rules for accent change. Using these rules, the developments of the accent systems of descendant dialects or languages are explained. The development of typologically different accent systems is also explored. |
|---|---|
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1282486098 9786612486098 9004213406 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Moriyo Shimabukuro. |