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020			_a9781107404090
040			_cLCIC Library
082			_aREF 495.609 F88
100			_aBjarke Frellesvig _eAuthor
245			_aA history of the Japanese language / _cBjarke Frellesvig
260			_aCambridge, UK: _bCambridge University Press, _cc2011
300			_axxiv, 436 pages : illustrations ; 23cm
500			_a"First paperback edition (with corrections) 2011"--Title page verso
505			_aPart I. Old Japanese : 1. Early writing in Japan and Old Japanese sources 2. Phonology 3. Grammar 4. Loanwords 5. Eastern Old Japanese Part II. Early Middle Japanese : 6. Writing and sources 7. Phonology 8. Grammar 9. The sinification of Japanese Part III. Late Middle Japanese : 10. Sources 11. Phonology 12. Grammar Part IV. Modern Japanese : 13. Varieties of Modern Japanese 14. Phonology 15. Grammar 16. Eastern dialect features of the standard language 17. The westernization of Japanese: loanwords and other borrowings Appendix: Summary of the main regular phonemic changes between Old Japanese and conservative Modern Japanese
520			_a"Bjarke Frellesvig describes the development of the Japanese language from its recorded beginnings until the present day as reflected by the written sources and historical record. Beginning with a description of the oldest attested stage of the language, Old Japanese (approximately the eighth century AD), and then tracing the changes which occurred through the Early Middle Japanese (800-1200), Late Middle Japanese (1600 onwards) periods, a complete internal history of the language is examined and discussed. This account provides a comprehensive study of how the Japanese language has developed and adapted, providing a much-needed resource for scholars" -- back cover
650			_aJapanese language _xHistory
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