Handbook of Historical Japanese Linguistics

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Handbook of Historical Japanese Linguistics

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Volume 1 | Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics [HJLL]

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This volume will be the first full-length exploration in any language of the details of the history of the Japanese language written by experts in the different subfields of linguistics. Overall, while including factual and background information, the volume will focus on presenting original research of lasting value. This includes presenting the latest research on better studied topics, such as segmental phonology, accent or focus constructions, as well as both introducing areas of study which have traditionally been underrepresented, such as syntax or kanbun materials, and showing how they contribute to a fuller understanding of all of the history of Japanese.

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Bjarke Frellesvig, University of Oxford, UK, and Satoshi Kinsui, Osaka University, Japan.

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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Introduction to the Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics
XI
Masayoshi Shibatani and Taro Kageyama

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Contents
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Contributors
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Introduction
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Bjarke Frellesvig and Satoshi Kinsui

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Part I: Prehistory and reconstruction
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1 Reconstruction of Japonic and para-Japonic based on external sources
11
Alexander Vovin

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2 Ryukyuan and the reconstruction of proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan
39
Thomas Pellard

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3 Towards the prosodic reconstruction of proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan
69
Akiko Matsumori

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4 Reconstruction of Old Japanese phonology
101
Teruhiro Hayata

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5 Old Japanese writing and phonology
133
J. Marshall Unger

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6 Late Middle Japanese phonology, based on Korean sources
145
Sven Osterkamp

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7 Late Middle Japanese phonology as reflected in early Japanese Christian documents
169
Masayuki Toyoshima

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8 Sino-Japanese
179
Marc Hideo Miyake

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9 The Ramsey hypothesis
195
Elisabeth M. de Boer

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Part III: Grammar
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10 Differential argument marking in Old Japanese: Morphology, semantics, and syntax
223
Yuko Yanagida

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11 The syntax and morphology of Early Middle Japanese
253
Yoshiyuki Takayama

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12 Late Middle Japanese grammar
269
Hirofumi Aoki

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13 The historical changes in the case marking system of Japanese
301
Takashi Nomura

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14 Voicings of kakari-musubi: Shifting from cleft construction to referential predicate
313
Charles J. Quinn

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15 Loss of wh-movement
347
Akira Watanabe

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16 Development of adverbial particles
371
Tomohide Kinuhata

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17 The history of demonstratives
393
Tomoko Okazaki

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18 Vision and the verbs of visual perception in Man’yōshū: From mirativity to ‘mitate’
405
Yoshihiko Ikegami

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19 The history of basic vocabulary in Japanese
437
John R. Bentley

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20 The Japanese lexicon as reflected in Christian materials
453
Toru Maruyama

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21 What mokkan (wooden documents) can tell us about ancient Japanese language
463
Takashi Inukai

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22 Early Japanese dictionaries
473
Shōju Ikeda

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23 Kunten texts of Buddhist provenance (butten 仏典): Their characteristics and actuality
493
Masayuki Tsukimoto

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24 Kunten texts of secular Chinese origin (kanseki 漢籍)
503
Teiji Kosukegawa

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25 Japanized written Chinese: Its features and contribution to the history of the Japanese language
509
Shingo Yamamoto

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26 Early modern kanbun and kanbun-kundoku
523
Fumitoshi Saito

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27 The influence of kanbun-kundoku vocabulary on the Japanese language
539
Valerio Luigi Alberizzi

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Index
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April 1, 2024

eBook ISBN:

9781614512851

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April 1, 2024

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9781614514015

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45

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614512851

eBook ISBN: 9781614512851

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Japanese Linguistics; Historical Linguistics

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Researchers in Japanese Linguistics and Historical Linguistics

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Handbook of Historical Japanese Linguistics

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About this book

Author / Editor information

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Preface

Introduction to the Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics

Contents

Contributors

Introduction

1 Reconstruction of Japonic and para-Japonic based on external sources

2 Ryukyuan and the reconstruction of proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan

3 Towards the prosodic reconstruction of proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan

4 Reconstruction of Old Japanese phonology

5 Old Japanese writing and phonology

6 Late Middle Japanese phonology, based on Korean sources

7 Late Middle Japanese phonology as reflected in early Japanese Christian documents

8 Sino-Japanese

9 The Ramsey hypothesis

10 Differential argument marking in Old Japanese: Morphology, semantics, and syntax

11 The syntax and morphology of Early Middle Japanese

12 Late Middle Japanese grammar

13 The historical changes in the case marking system of Japanese

14 Voicings of kakari-musubi: Shifting from cleft construction to referential predicate

15 Loss of wh-movement

16 Development of adverbial particles

17 The history of demonstratives

18 Vision and the verbs of visual perception in Man’yōshū: From mirativity to ‘mitate’

19 The history of basic vocabulary in Japanese

20 The Japanese lexicon as reflected in Christian materials

21 What mokkan (wooden documents) can tell us about ancient Japanese language

22 Early Japanese dictionaries

23 Kunten texts of Buddhist provenance (butten 仏典): Their characteristics and actuality

24 Kunten texts of secular Chinese origin (kanseki 漢籍)

25 Japanized written Chinese: Its features and contribution to the history of the Japanese language

26 Early modern kanbun and kanbun-kundoku

27 The influence of kanbun-kundoku vocabulary on the Japanese language

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