Proto-Japanese : issues and prospects / edited by Bjarke Frellesvig, John Whitman.

Proto-Japanese is the reconstructed language stage from which all later varieties of Japanese, including Ryukyuan, descend. It has been studied both as an end in itself (as the genetic code of the Japanese language) and as part of endeavors to clarify the genetic affiliation of Japanese. Based on th...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Frellesvig, Bjarke, Whitman, John
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
Series:	Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 294.
Subjects:	Japanese language > Morphophonemics. Japanese language > Variation. Ryukyuan language > Phonetics.