An Introduction to the Japonic Languages : Grammatical Sketches of Japanese Dialects and Ryukyuan Languages / / edited by Michinori Shimoji

• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2022; ©2022
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 Seiten)
• Disciplina: 495.67
• Soggetto topico: Japanese language - Dialects - Grammar. ; Ryukyuan language - Grammar.
• Persona (resp. second.): ShimojiMichinori
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / Editor: Michinori Shimoji -- Copyright Page / Editor: Michinori Shimoji -- Preface / Editor: Michinori Shimoji -- Abbreviations / Editor: Michinori Shimoji -- Chapter 1 The Japonic Languages: an Introduction / Michinori Shimoji -- Chapter 2 Tokunoshima (Kagoshima, Northern Ryukyuan) / Kanji Kato -- Chapter 3 Iheya (Okinawa, Northern Ryukyuan) / Salvatore Carlino -- Chapter 4 Kin (Okinawa, Northern Ryukyuan) / Koji Tamamoto -- Chapter 5 Aragusuku (Okinawa, Southern Ryukyuan) / Wang Danning -- Chapter 6 Shiraho (Okinawa, Southern Ryukyuan) / Yuko Urabe -- Chapter 7 Nambu (Aomori, Eastern Japanese) / Natsuko Nakagawa -- Chapter 8 Izumo (Shimane, Western Japanese) / Tatsuya Hirako -- Chapter 9 Yanagawa (Fukuoka, Kyūshū Japanese) / Aoi Matsuoka -- Chapter 10 Shiiba (Miyazaki, Kyūshū Japanese) / Michinori Shimoji -- Indexes / Editor: Michinori Shimoji.
• Sommario/riassunto: Japanese is definitely one of the best-known languages in typological literature. For example, typologists often assume that Japanese is a nominative-accusative language. However, it is often overlooked that Japanese, or more precisely, Tokyo Japanese, is just one of various local varieties of the Japonic language family (Japanese and Ryukyuan). In fact, the Japonic languages exhibit a surprising typological diversity. For example, some varieties display a split-intransitive as opposed to nominative-accusative system. The present volume is thus a unique attempt to explore the typological diversity of Japonic by providing a collection of grammatical sketches of various local varieties, four from Japanese dialects and five from Ryukyuan. Each grammatical sketch follows the same descriptive format, addressing a wide range of typological topics.
• Altri titoli varianti: Grammatical Sketches of Japanese Dialects and Ryukyuan Languages
• Titolo autorizzato: An Introduction to the Japonic Languages
• ISBN: 9789004519107; 9004519106
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910776180403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Endangered and Lesser-Studied Languages and Dialects ; ; 1.; Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2022.