9780521369183-0521369185-The Languages of Japan (Cambridge Language Surveys)

The Languages of Japan (Cambridge Language Surveys)

ISBN-13: 9780521369183
ISBN-10: 0521369185
Author: Shibatani
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 428 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780521369183
ISBN-10: 0521369185
Author: Shibatani
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 428 pages

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The Languages of Japan (Cambridge Language Surveys) (ISBN-13: 9780521369183 and ISBN-10: 0521369185), written by authors Shibatani, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2008. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent The Languages of Japan (Cambridge Language Surveys) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.44.

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This book surveys the two main indigenous languages of Japan, Japanese and Ainu. No genetic relationship has been established between them, and structurally they differ significantly. Shibatani has therefore divided his study into two independent parts. The first is the most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language yet to appear in English. The second part deals extensively with Japanese. It discusses topics from the evolution of the writing system and the differences between men's and women's speech, to issues of greater theoretical complexity, such as phonology, the lexicon and word formation, and the syntax of agglutinative morphology. As an American trained scholar in Japan, the author is in a unique position that affords him a dual perspective on language deriving from Western linguistic scholarship and the Japanese grammatical tradition.

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