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.