Marc Hideo Miyake

Old Japanese

A Phonetic Reconstruction

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Produktbeschreibung

What did eighth-century Japanese sound like? How does one decode its complex script? This book provides the definitive answers to these questions using an unprecedented range of data from the past and the present.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780415859912
• ISBN-10: 0415859913
• Artikelnr.: 37317436

Autorenporträt

Marc Hideo Miyake

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
symbols
and conventions
1 Introduction
2 Early transcriptions of Japanese
3 Previous research on phonograms
4 Japanese phonology through time
5 Old Chinese
Middle Chinese
and Sinoxenic
6 Goals and methodology
7 The reconstruction of Old Japanese consonants
8 The reconstruction of Old Japanese vowels
9 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index