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...
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Superior document: | Languages of Asia series ; v. 2 |
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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. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Previous Scholarship: A Critical Review
- 3. Historical Linguistic Methods
- 4. Accent Change
- 5. Reconstruction Of Proto-Ryukyuan Accent
- 6. Reconstruction Of Proto-Mainland Japanese Accent
- 7. Reconstruction Of Proto-Japonic Accent
- 8. Conclusion
- References
- Appendix. Japonic Cognates And Reconstructed Forms.