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The Accentual History of the Japanese and Ryukyuan Languages : a Reconstruction.

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 materia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shimabukuro, Moriyo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Table of Contents; PREFACE; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP: A CRITICAL REVIEW; 3 HISTORICAL LINGUISTIC METHODS; 4 ACCENT CHANGE; 5 RECONSTRUCTION OF PROTO-RYUKYUAN ACCENT; 6 RECONSTRUCTION OF PROTO-MAINLAND JAPANESE ACCENT; 7 RECONSTRUCTION OF PROTO-JAPONIC ACCENT; 8 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX JAPONIC COGNATES AND RECONSTRUCTED FORMS.