ENGLISH

A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese

By Alexander Vovin

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2020
ISBN
9004422811, 9789004422810
DOI
10.1163/9789004422810
Google Books ID
xfP_DwAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7208723 bytes)
Series
Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan 16
Volume
2 volume set
Edition
Revised, Updated and Enlarged Second Edition
Pages
1330\1311
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2020-11-18 16:44:25

Description

This is the revised, updated and enlarged second edition of the first detailed descriptive grammar in English (indeed, in any language other than Japanese and more complete than even any grammar in Japanese) dedicated to the Western Old Japanese, which was spoken in the Kansai region of Japan during the seventh and eighth centuries. The grammar is divided into two volumes, with the first volume dealing with sources, script, phonology, lexicon, nominals and adjectives. The second volume focuses on verbs, adverbs, particles, conjunctions and interjections. In addition to descriptive data, the grammar also includes comparisons between Western Old Japanese and Eastern Old Japanese and Ryukyuan, occasionally with a critical analysis of various external parallels.

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