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Introduction to the Japonic Languages

Grammatical Sketches of Japanese Dialects and Ryukyuan Languages

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Av Michinori Shimoji

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Japanese is definitely one of the best-known languages in typological literature. For example, typologists often assume that Japanese is a nominative-accusative language. However, it is often overlooked that Japanese, or more precisely, Tokyo Japanese, is just one of various local varieties of the Japonic language family (Japanese and Ryukyuan). In fact, the Japonic languages exhibit a surprising typological diversity. For example, some varieties display a split-intransitive as opposed to nominative-accusative system. The present volume is thus a unique attempt to explore the typological diversity of Japonic by providing a collection of grammatical sketches of various local varieties, four from Japanese dialects and five from Ryukyuan. Each grammatical sketch follows the same descriptive format, addressing a wide range of typological topics.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-11-03
Mått155 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt722 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEndangered and Lesser-Studied Languages and Dialects
Antal sidor342
FörlagBrill
MedarbetareShimoji,Michinori
ISBN9789004518889

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Michinori Shimoji is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Kyushu University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the Australian National University in 2009. His dissertation was published under the title A Grammar of Irabu, a Southern Ryukyuan Language (Kyushu University Press, 2017). His major research interest concerns the description of Japonic languages and typological studies based on the Japonic data. He is co-editor of the Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages (De Gruyter Mouton, 2015).

ContentsPrefaceList of Figures and TablesAbbreviations1 The Japonic Languages: an IntroductionMichinori Shimoji2 Tokunoshima (Kagoshima, Northern Ryukyuan)Kanji Kato3 Iheya (Okinawa, Northern Ryukyuan)Salvatore Carlino4 Kin (Okinawa, Northern Ryukyuan)Koji Tamamoto5 Aragusuku (Okinawa, Southern Ryukyuan)Wang Danning6 Shiraho (Okinawa, Southern Ryukyuan)Yuko Urabe7 Nambu (Aomori, Eastern Japanese)Natsuko Nakagawa8 Izumo (Shimane, Western Japanese)Tatsuya Hirako9 Yanagawa (Fukuoka, Kyūshū Japanese)Aoi Matsuoka10 Shiiba (Miyazaki, Kyūshū Japanese)Michinori Shimoji and Naoyuki HirosawaIndex