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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821639503321

Autore

Shimabukuro Moriyo

Titolo

The accentual history of the Japanese and Ryukyuan languages [[electronic resource] ] : a reconstruction / / Moriyo Shimabukuro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Folkestone [England], : Global Oriental, 2007

ISBN

1-282-48609-8

9786612486098

90-04-21340-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Languages of Asia series ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

418.0071052

495.6

Soggetti

Japanese language

Ryukyuan language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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. The investigation of ‘natural accent changes’ has allowed the author to formalize rules for accent change. Using these rules, the developments of the accent systems of descendant dialects or languages are explained. The development of typologically different accent systems is also explored.