Languages of japan, the
Auteur :
Shibatani, Masayoshi
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521360708
Date de publication :
3 mai 1990
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 0,3 cm
Poids :
800 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is a detailed survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan, Japanese and Ainu. The first part of this study is a most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language. The second part deals extensively with Japanese. It discusses topics from the evolution of the writing system to issues of greater theoretical complexity.