The Accentual History of the Japanese and Ryukyuan Languages: A Reconstruction

ISBN-13: 9781901903638 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 392 str.

Moriyo Shimabukuro

Opis

This book looks into the accentual history of the Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages. Applying the comparative method, the author has reconstructed the accentual history of the Japonic languages. The reconstruction is based on modern dialects of Japanese and Ryukyuan, and also on historical materials.