The Handbook of Japanese Linguistics

Natsuko Tsujimura (Edited by), Tsujimura (Author)

9780631205043, Wiley

Hardback, published 12 August 1999

560 pages
26.1 x 18.8 x 3.6 cm, 1.162 kg

"The Japanese language has had a prominent position in the development of linguistic theory over the past 30 years. This handbook represents the first significant collection to provide a detailed overview of the major intellectual descriptive and analytic tasks which have occupied researchers working on the language. It will be of great value to linguists who have an interest in Japanese or who wish to see how Japanese evidence bears on many major theoretical issues." Peter Sells, Stanford University

"I found it very useful that each chapter provides references for those who want to investigate a specific topic further; this is a source to consult for anyone who wants to start research on Japanese linguistics." Functions of Language

This Handbook brings together major aspects of Japanese linguistics, presenting overviews, current concerns and future directions of each topic. The areas included are phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, language acquisition, sentence processing, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics. This Handbook is for those who are familiar with the topic at the basic level and wish to investigate it in more detail, but it also can be used as a language-specific and typological reference.

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• Written by leading scholars in the field
  
• Provides a unique and authoritative survey of Japanese linguistics
  
• Each chapter presents an overview of the topic and discusses current concerns and future directions

Notes on Contributors.

Preface.

Subject Areas: Language: reference & general [CB]