Proto-Japanese : issues and prospects

Author(s)

• Frellesvig, Bjarke
• Whitman, John Bradford

Bibliographic Information

Proto-Japanese : issues and prospects

edited by Bjarke Frellesvig, John Whitman

（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, ser. 4 . Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 294）

J. Benjamins, 2013

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index

Contents of Works

• Evidence for seven vowels in proto-Japanese / Bjarke Frellesvig & John Whitman
• Early Japanese lexical strata and the allophones of /g/ / J. Marshall Unger
• Proto-Japanese and the distribution of dialects / Takuichiro Onishi
• The uses of Ryukyuan in understanding Japanese language history / Leon A. Serafim
• On the reconstruction of the proto-accentual system of Japanese / Akiko Matsumori
• A reconstruction of proto-Japanese accent for disyllabic nouns : focusing on the problem of subclasses / Moriyo Shimabukuro
• Proto-Japanese beyond the accent system / Alexander Vovin
• The source of the bigrade conjugation and stem shape in pre-Old Japanese / John Whitman
• On reconstruction of proto-Japanese and pre-Old Japanese verb inflection / Bjarke Frellesvig
• The nominal and adnominal forms in Old Japanese : consequences for a reconstruction of pre-Old Japanese syntax / Janick Wrona

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Proto-Japanese is the reconstructed language stage from which all later varieties of Japanese, including Ryukyuan, descend. It has been studied both as an end in itself (as the genetic code of the Japanese language) and as part of endeavors to clarify the genetic affiliation of Japanese. Based on the state of the field, especially as represented in Samuel E. Martin's seminal work The Japanese Language Through Time (1987), this volume singles out key areas in the reconstruction of proto-Japanese where salient progress has been or promises to be made since Martin. Contributions were invited from scholars working on the following areas: segmental phonology, use of dialect evidence, accent, morphology, and syntax. While the book first of all presents new research which advances our understanding of proto-Japanese, it also gives an overview over the state of the art in the field and its main issues.

Table of Contents

• 1. Acknowledgements
• 2. Introduction (by Frellesvig, Bjarke)
• 3. Abbreviations
• 4. Part I. Reconstructing the basic phoneme inventory
• 5. Evidence for seven vowels in proto-Japanese (by Frellesvig, Bjarke)
• 6. Early Japanese lexical strata and the allophones of /g/ (by Unger, J. Marshall)
• 7. Part II. Use of dialects in reconstruction
• 8. Proto-Japanese and the distribution of dialects (by Onishi, Takuichiro)
• 9. The uses of Ryukyuan in understanding Japanese language history (by Serafim, Leon A.)
• 10. Part III. Reconstructing accent
• 11. On the reconstruction of the proto-accentual system of Japanese (by Matsumori, Akiko)
• 12. A reconstruction of proto-Japanese accent for disyllabic nouns: Focusing on the problem of subclasses (by Shimabukuro, Moriyo)
• 13. Proto-Japanese beyond the accent system (by Vovin, Alexander)
• 14. Part IV. Reconstructing morphology and syntax
• 15. The source of the bigrade conjugation and stem shape in pre-Old Japanese (by Whitman, John)
• 16. On reconstruction of proto-Japanese and pre-Old Japanese verb inflection (by Frellesvig, Bjarke)
• 17. The Nominal and Adnominal forms in Old Japanese: Consequences for a reconstruction of pre-Old Japanese syntax (by Wrona, Janick)
• 18. References
• 19. Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB16021146
• ISBN:
  • 9789027248442
• LCCN: 2007049685
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 229 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PL558.9
  • DC22 : 495.6/15
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Japanese language -- Morphophonemics
  • LCSH : Japanese language -- Variation
  • LCSH : Ryukyuan language -- Phonetics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0036280X