Descriptive Grammar and Diachrony of Kurima : : A Minority South Ryukyuan Language of the Miyako Islands.

• Superior document: Languages of Asia Series ; v.29
• Author: Jarosz, Aleksandra.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Languages of Asia Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (755 pages)

A comprehensive descriptive grammar of a moribund insular variety of Miyako-Ryukyuan, rich in noteworthy typological features. Comparative contextualization of the linguistic data provides valuable insights into the history of Japonic languages.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Methodology and Sources -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 The Language and Its Speakers -- 1.1 The Island of Kurima -- 1.2 The Kurima-Miyako Topolect in a Japonic Context -- 1.2.1 Japonic Languages -- 1.2.2 Miyako Language -- 1.2.3 Genetic Positioning of Kurima -- 1.2.4 Population, Speakers and Vitality -- 1.3 Previous Studies -- Chapter 2 Phonology -- 2.1 Segmental Phonology -- 2.1.1 Preliminaries -- 2.1.2 Consonants -- 2.1.3 Vowels -- 2.2 Distribution and Phonotactics -- 2.2.1 Distribution Patterns and the Syllable Structure -- 2.2.2 Synchronic Phonotactic Rules -- 2.3 Mora versus Syllable -- 2.4 Stress -- Chapter 3 Morphology -- 3.1 Theoretical Preliminaries and a Glossary -- 3.2 Lexical Categories in Kurima -- 3.3 Verbs -- 3.3.1 Verb Classes -- 3.3.2 The Citation Form -- 3.3.3 Categories and Forms of Verb Inflection -- 3.3.4 Tense -- 3.3.5 Polarity -- 3.3.6 Aspect -- 3.3.7 Mood -- 3.3.8 Voice -- 3.3.9 Honorificity -- 3.3.10 Nominalization -- 3.3.11 Special Verbs and Nominal Predication -- 3.4 Nominals -- 3.4.1 Case Inflection Paradigm -- 3.4.2 Referential Hierarchy -- 3.4.3 Differential Object Marking -- 3.4.4 Information Structure -- 3.4.5 Prominence Marking -- 3.4.6 Morphophonology of Vowel-Initial Markers -- 3.4.7 Nouns -- 3.4.8 Adjectives -- 3.4.9 Circumstantial Nominals -- 3.4.10 Numerals -- 3.5 Adverbs -- 3.6 Interjections -- Chapter 4 Syntax -- 4.1 Constituent Order -- 4.2 Alignment -- 4.3 Grammatical Roles -- 4.3.1 Predicate -- 4.3.2 Arguments -- 4.4 Sentence Types -- 4.4.1 Interrogative -- 4.4.2 Imperative -- 4.5 Complex Sentences -- 4.5.1 Coordinate Sentences -- 4.5.2 Clause Chaining -- 4.5.3 Subordinate Sentences -- 4.5.4 Clausal Focus -- 4.6 Sentence-Final Interactional Markers.

4.7 Other Sentence-Final Exponents -- 4.7.1 Counterfactual Exponent munuː -- 4.7.2 Hearsay Marker -tɕa -- 4.8 Evidentiality -- Chapter 5 Lexicon -- 5.1 Native Lexicon -- 5.2 Lexical and Structural Borrowings -- Chapter 6 Comparative Perspectives -- 6.1 Historical Aspects of Kurima Phonology -- 6.1.1 Kurima Mid-Vowels and Ryukyuan Vowel Raising -- 6.1.2 Diachrony of the Miyako Front Mid-Close Vowel -- 6.1.3 The Vowel System of Proto-Miyako and Beyond -- 6.2 Historical Aspects of the Kurima Morphosyntax -- 6.2.1 Proto-Japonic Negation of Vowel Verbs and Irregular Verbs -- 6.2.2 The Original Proto-Japonic Vowel Verbs -- 6.2.3 Formal and Functional Origins of the Japonic Passive-Potential Suffixes -- 6.2.4 Distinction between the Conclusive and Attributive Forms -- 6.2.5 Stem Doublets of 'to come' and 'to do' -- 6.2.6 Development of the Two Sequential Allomorphs -- Appendix 1 Natural Texts -- Text 1 Mkjaːn-nu ɕuː-ta panasɨ 'A story about the old folks from the past' -- Text 2 Nakatsɨ-nu ɕuː-ga panasɨ 'A story about a grandpa from Nakachi' -- Text 3 Utuːz-nu munuz 'Words of a circle drinking toast' -- Text 4 Utuːz-ti-ja 'What is circle drinking?' -- Text 5 Tasɨkaran bikijarabi-nu mma-ga gudzɨjum 'Complaints of the mother of a helpless case of a boy' -- Appendix 2 Leipzig-Jakarta List of Basic Vocabulary -- Appendix 3 Proto-language Reconstructions -- Appendix 4 The Kurima-English Lexicon -- References -- Index of Examples -- Index of Grammatical Forms -- Index of Toponyms and Linguonyms -- Subject Index -- Back Cover.