The Japanese Language. Roy A. Miller. History and Structure of Languages.

Miller, Roy Andrew:

ISBN 10: 0226527174 / ISBN 13: 9780226527178

Published by The University of Chicago Press; Chicago & London, 1970

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XIX; 428 Seiten sowie Illustr. auf Tafelseiten; 23,5 cm; fadengeh., goldgepr. Orig.-Leinenband mit illustr. OUmschlag. Gutes Exemplar; der illustr. Umschlag stw. leicht berieben. - Englisch. - Roy Andrew Miller (September 5, 1924 August 22, 2014) was an American linguist best known as the author of several books on Japanese language and linguistics, and for his advocacy of Korean and Japanese as members of the proposed Altaic language family. . (wiki, engl.) // This general introduction to the history and structure of Japanese gives the first comprehensive summary of recent scholarship on the genetic relationship, dialects, phonology, grammar, and vocabulary sources of the language. It also covers the writing system, emphasizing its social as well as its linguistic role. The book presupposes no previous knowledge of Japanese language or script, and will be especially useful as a reference source or as supplementary reading for students of Japanese or Chinese language and culture, Far Eastern history, and general linguistics. The author stresses Japan's major linguistic debt to China throughout. This emphasis on Sino-Japanese, together with new data on Japanese as an Altaic language and the application of modern linguistic analysis are the outstanding features of this book. The author also discusses loanwords from Western languages and from Japanese into other languages, and the special linguistic techniques employed in traditional Japanese literature. Professor Miller also includes a brief account of the land, the people, and their extra-linguistic history, which provides a larger perspective for the linguistic data. The book is a valuable addition to the small corpus of Western literature on the Japanese language. . (Verlagstext) // INHALT : List of Plates ---- List of Figures ---- Historical and Geographical Setting ---- Genetic Relationship ---- Writing Systems ---- Dialects. // ILLUSTRATIONEN : Manuscript of the works of Po Chu-i with Japanese glosses. -- A lexical source for late Old Japanese. -- The Genji monogatari, Japan's greatest literary monument. -- The Utsubo monogatari, a Heian romance. -- Heian poetry in Heian calligraphy. -- Another Kokinshu calligraphic fragment. -- A Tokugawa manuscript of the Ise monogatari. -- An Ashikaga manuscript of the Yamato monogatari. -- A Sino-Japanese poetical anthology. -- A Momoyama manuscript of the Eiga monogatari. -- A manuscript note of the Kamakura period. -- An eighteenth-century calligraphic note in the Chinese style. -- An all-fcana text of the Lotus sutra. Tokugawa Ieyasu's copybook. -- A manuscript model for Tokugawa letter-writers. -- The Doctrina Christan in romanized Japanese. -- The "Preface" (jo) to the 1592 romanized Doctrina Christan. -- The "Preface" (jo) to the 1600 Japanese script Doctrina Christan. -- The Racuyoxu, a mission press lexical compilation. -- (u.a.) ISBN 0226527174 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 750.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Japanese Language. Roy A. Miller. History and Structure of Languages.
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; Chicago & London
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226527174
• ISBN 13: 9780226527178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: (2. Auflage).
• Condition: Gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Linguistik

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Banged corner on rear cover, otherwise a very good copy. Digital photo upon request.Former owner's reference on front paste-down end-paper.